How to use the git submodule command?

To use the git submodule command, you first need to enter the Git repository directory that contains the submodules. Then, you can use the following command:

1. Add a sub-module:
2. Add a submodule to the repository using the command: git submodule add
3. This will add a submodule in the specified path and link it to the specified repository.
4. initialize submodules
5. initialize the submodule
6. This will initialize the submodule and point it to a specific commit in the submodule repository.
7. Update submodules:
8. update the git submodule
9. This will fetch the latest changes from the submodule repositories and update the submodules.
10. Clone a repository containing submodules.
11. clone the repository with all submodules
12. When using the –recursive option, submodules are cloned along with the main repository.
13. Switching to a sub-module branch.
14. Navigate to the subdirectory and switch to the specified branch.
15. It is possible to switch to different branches of the submodule.

Here are some common examples of git submodule commands. There are other commands and options available as well, which can be found by running git submodule –help for more detailed information.