Sorry, my bad. I thought 'git submodule sync' changes only 'submodule.$name.url' in main repository config, but it also changes the 'remote.origin.url' in submodule's config. I indeed ran 'git submodule sync', that's why the default url was used even though 'submodule.$name.url' had a different value. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Dmitry Neverov <dmitry.neverov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to use a custom url for both initial submodule clone and > submodule update. Git submodule man page states that if I run 'git > submodule init' and then change the 'submodule.$name.url' in the main > repository config, git will use this url instead of url in > .gitmodules. Git does use the custom url for initial submodule clone, > but doesn't use it when cloned submodule needs to be updated. Is that > by design? > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Doug Kelly <dougk.ff7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Dmitry Neverov >> <dmitry.neverov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've noticed that the 'submodule.$name.url' config parameter from the >>> main repository is ignored when a submodule needs to be updated, the >>> submodule's 'remote.origin.url' is used instead. Is there any way to >>> customize the submodule url for both the initial clone and for >>> updates? >> >> That's what "git submodule sync" is for. It will synchronize the url >> in .gitmodules with >> to the remote.origin.url for each submodule. I'm not sure about the second part >> of your question: are you talking about using different URLs for the >> initial clone >> and updates? -- 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