Git & Github Submodules

A submodule is a git repository linked to another one. As example, this is the "father" repository and the folder inside this repository is the "child".

To start a submodule, you just have to enter the father repository and type:

git submodule add https://github.com/${USERNAME}/${NAME_OF_THE_REPOSITORY}

The integration between commits isn't synchronous, every time you push a commit, you also have to bring it to the father repository. You can do it this way:

git submodule foreach git pull origin main

Maybe this can also be helpful:

• Article on Github blog
• Issue on Github about Git submodules and integration