On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Hedges Alexander <ahedges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 25 Aug 2016, at 19:45, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [1] https://github.com/jlehmann/git-submod-enhancements >> which has some attempts for checkout including the submodules. >> I also tried writing some patches which integrate checking out submodules >> via checkout as well. A quicker `solution` would be a config option that >> just runs `git submodule update` after each checkout/pull etc. >> > > I see. The quick fix is almost what I’m looking for, except that it leaves > the repo in a detached head state. Could the submodule update be made > automatically and intelligently pick the branch? > You probably want "git submodule update --rebase" or "git submodule update --merge" See git help submodule under the update section, or even a custom command variant where you can write your own bit of shell that does what your project expects. Thanks, Jake -- 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