Comments on: using git submodules for plugins

By: Anton

Anton — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:37:48 +0000

Thanks for your explanation!
I should start looking more closely at git submodules.

marcus — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:57:13 +0000

Yes - I thought I should be a little more verbose - The benefits

you can update your plugin from the source when there is a change
you can branch your plugin, modify it and still pull in updates from other branches
it creates a .gitmodules file which shows you where the plugin came from, and you know exactly what version of the plug in that you are using
not a copy and paste job which is the standard ./script/plugin install method

Anton — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:51:51 +0000

Hi, thanks for your article.
Can you explain what extra benefits can I get while using git submodules?

George Anderson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:52:33 +0000

You can also use the “-b ” flag with “git submodule add” to get the desired branch out of the box.