Git Submodules

What Are Git Submodules?

A Git submodule is a repository inside another repository. It allows you to include external projects in your repo while keeping them separate. It becomes quite useful as it keep’s external repo’s history seperate from your main project and can freeze a dependency at a specific version.

git submodule add <url>

This will create a .gitmodules file that tracks submodules in your project.

Cloning Repository with Submodules

git clone --recurse-submodules <repo-url>