Why everyone hates git submodules

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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 My most useful video yet (interactive rebase) https://youtu.be/42392W7SgnE My first video on git rebase (without --interactive) https://youtu.be/DkWDHzmMvyg My Top 10 git shortcuts: https://youtu.be/CAnQ4b0uais Fixing merge conflicts: https://youtu.be/DloR0BOGNU0 Video on `git pull --rebase`: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1-2p06Urc How to change your default editor in git: https://youtu.be/CAnQ4b0uais?t=131 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 LEGAL DISCLAIMER ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Everything here is for informational purposes only. All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015).eo