Git Submodules Moving a submodule
Example
1.8
Run:
$ git mv old/path/to/module new/path/to/module1.8
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Edit
.gitmodulesand change the path of the submodule appropriately, and put it in the index withgit add .gitmodules. -
If needed, create the parent directory of the new location of the submodule (
mkdir -p new/path/to). -
Move all content from the old to the new directory (
mv -vi old/path/to/module new/path/to/submodule). -
Make sure Git tracks this directory (
git add new/path/to). -
Remove the old directory with
git rm --cached old/path/to/module. -
Move the directory
.git/modules/old/path/to/modulewith all its content to.git/modules/new/path/to/module. -
Edit the
.git/modules/new/path/to/configfile, make sure that worktree item points to the new locations, so in this example it should beworktree = ../../../../../old/path/to/module. Typically there should be two more..then directories in the direct path in that place. . Edit the filenew/path/to/module/.git, make sure that the path in it points to the correct new location inside the main project.gitfolder, so in this examplegitdir: ../../../.git/modules/new/path/to/module.git statusoutput looks like this afterwards:# On branch master # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified: .gitmodules # renamed: old/path/to/submodule -> new/path/to/submodule # -
Finally, commit the changes.
This example from Stack Overflow, by Axel Beckert
