Git Submodule

When to use this skill

• Including external Git repositories within your main project
• Managing shared libraries or modules across multiple projects
• Locking external dependencies to specific versions
• Working with monorepo-style architectures with independent components
• Cloning repositories that contain submodules
• Updating submodules to newer versions
• Removing submodules from a project

Instructions

Step 1: Understanding submodules

Git submodule is a feature for including other Git repositories within a main Git repository.