How to update a submodule version to latest ?

[manobi]

I always have to do this, there are a better way ?

[paularmstrong]

You should actually just update with normal git methods like it's a standalone repo and then add the repo and commit:

cd submodule_name
git checkout master && git pull
cd ..
git add submodule_name
git commit -m "updating submodule to latest"

[tj]

yeah I just git pull as well. we could probably do with something like this but I dont get the name at all, readd? what is that?

[manobi]

readd === re add || remove && add

Good thing to automate, but I don't know a better name for it.
Suggestions ?

[tj]

oh I see. but yeah we should change how it's done anyway, typically like @paularmstrong mentioned you just cd in git pull origin master and cd ..

[paularmstrong]

update-submodules would be a more obvious, albeit verbose, command.

There's also a git submodule foreach method that you should consider wrapping this in so that all of a project submodules get updated.

[manobi]

update-submodule is easy to confuse with traditional git submodule update. Another suggestion ?

[gaving]

+1 nice idea.

Currently doing the usual:- git submodule foreach git pull origin master

[kshcherban]

The other way to update submodule which tracks branch is:

git pull --recurse-submodules
git submodule update --remote --recursive

[hemanth]

Sorry for missing this!

@manobi Still interested to complete this?

If not any of you guys want to paw at it?

[FelikZ]

@kshcherban the best way, thanks! I also like to use --merge instead of --recursive, it persist current branch in submodule.

[hemanth]

@spacewander Looks like we must bring in this?

[spacewander]

So, what name should we use for it?

update-submodule or merge-submodule or others?

[FelikZ]

pull-submodule?

[hemanth]

merge-submodule sound good if fetch and merge we could name it pull-submodule?

[spacewander]

Ok， so name it as pull-submodule. I will try to dive into it this weekend.

[hemanth]

👍

[kornvigo]

pull-submodule?

[RobLoach]

The following command will update all submodules to the latest branch that's defined in .gitmodules...

git submodule update --recursive --remote

[submodule "my/module"]
	path = my/module
	branch = master

[MarceloMelo1]

git submodule foreach git pull origin master

[DreamAndDead]

git submodule update --remote