On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 18:56, Tim Visher <tim.visher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > trying to understand if I'm just failing to parse the docs for `git > submodule sync`. I'm basically under the impression that I can edit > the .gitmodules file by hand and then use that command to sync up my > submodules witin .git/config to that value. Am I totally missing > something? > > An example session can be found on [pastebin][]. > > [pastebin]: http://pastebin.com/chEdc2u5 > > Thanks in advance! > I think the point is more that you can edit .git/config to point a submodule at a different location (say you have a copy of the submodule repo somewhere with some changes you want to try out), and then can use "git submodule sync" to get the entry in .git/config "back in sync" with the canonical location for the submodule. -Jacob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html