git add my remote for pushing submodule

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I have a main app that stored in our git. Within that app we are using a third-party component that's hosted on github. We make numerous customizations to this component, and as such felt that to make updates easier, we should add the component as a submodule.

It was my understanding that by adding this component as a submodule, we would be able to pull upstream changes from github and merge those into our submodule. We would then push those changes to our git.

I successfully added the component as a submodule, and cloned it into my app's directory. I've merged in all our modifications, and committed those locally.

My question is, how do I now add our git as a remote for the submodule so that I can push all my customizations to that server?

Tuxdude · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 23:56:44Z

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Your submodule is just another git repo. The same steps for adding an additional remote and pushing the changes apply here as well.

cd <DIRECTORY_OF_YOUR_SUBMODULE>
git remote add <REMOTE-NAME> <PRIVATE_GIT_REPO_URL>
git fetch <REMOTE-NAME>

# Now you should be able to merge, rebase or cherrypick or any other
# merge strategy you prefer.

# After merging push the changes into your remote
git push <REMOTE-NAME> <LIST_OF_REFS>

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 23:56

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steve_c Over a year ago

I assumed as much, but was scared of messing up my repository. Cheers!

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