Benefits of Using Git Submodules

What Are Git Submodules?

Git submodules are pointers to another repository at a specific commit. They allow you to include a separate repository within your main repository, maintaining a connection between the two. This means you can manage dependencies as part of your project without merging all the code into a single repository....

Benefits of Using Git Submodules

Modularity: Keep your project modular by separating dependencies into distinct repositories. Isolation: Manage changes in external dependencies without directly affecting your main project. Version Control: Pin dependencies to specific versions, ensuring stability and consistency. Reusability: Reuse submodules across multiple projects, avoiding code duplication....

Use Cases for Git Submodules

Large Projects: Split large projects into manageable components. Shared Libraries: Include common libraries shared across different projects. Third-Party Dependencies: Manage third-party code dependencies separately from your main codebase....

Adding Git submodules

Adding submodules in git...

Cloning a GitHub repository having  .gitmodules

For Cloning the repository having submodules we have to use the following command:...

Git init

It is used to copy the mappings from a  .gitmodules file to a ./.gitconfig file.  Moreover, it is very helpful when there are manysubmodules present in a repository activate only specific submodules which are needed for working in the repository....

Workflows in submodules

As soon as you initialize the submodules and update them within a parent repository now we can use them as a different repository that can have their own branches and history. So when we are creating some changes in the submodule it’s important to have a track on them and commit them properly. So let’s switch to our submodule here  Submodules-in-git...