how to update one submodule git?

Question

I have a couple of submodules and I only want to update one of them.

I think this command updates all of them in .gitmodules

git submodule update --init --recursive --remote

I just want one of the modules updated though.

Do you want to update a submodule to the latest commit? See here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5828324/update-git-submodule-to-latest-commit-on-origin — Tim Biegeleisen, Jul 22 '17 at 06:20

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 16 '21 at 13:17

The git submodule update command takes a path as a parameter.

Use the path of the submodule you want to update, as said path is recorded in your .gitmodules.

git submodule update --init --remote a/submodule/path

Make sure your submodule follows a branch first.

For a manual update, you also can go into the submodule folder, and do a git checkout aBranch/git pull yourself. Then go back to the parent repo, add and commit the new gitlink SHA1 for that submodule.

how to update one submodule git?

1 Answers1