Why everyone hates git submodules

Published: 05 May 2025
on channel: Philomatics

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Git submodules are powerful, but tricky to use.

Book a workshop with me here:
https://philomatics.com/git-workshop/

Or grab my free git cheatsheet:
https://philomatics.com/git-cheatsheet/

Run these commands to add the recommended settings to your global gitconfig:
git config --global push.recurseSubmodules on-demand
git config --global submodule.recurse true

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Thank You to Micheline Welte for her wonderful help with this video!

Contents:

0:00 - Why git submodules?
0:20 - Cloning submodules
0:48 - git submodule update
1:47 - Making changes to the submodule
4:18 - Switching branches
5:25 - Recommended settings
5:43 - Adding submodules
6:13 - Removing submodules
6:27 - Main takeaway
6:58 - Alternatives to submodules

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