oe7drt-website/content/posts/2022/33-change-git-submodule-url/index.md

+++ title = "Change git submodule URL" aliases = '/posts/2022-11-26-change-git-submodule-url' summary = """Another thing I forget constantly when using git: Changing the remote URL of a submodule""" date = "2022-12-01T20:08:17+01:00" lastmod = '2024-09-28T23:48:06+0000' categories = ["computerstuff"] tags = ["git"]

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If the location (URL) of the submodule has changed, then you can simply:

1. Modify the .gitmodules file in the repo root to use the new URL.

2. Delete the submodule folder in the repo

   $ rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule>
   

3. Delete the submodule folder in the working directory

   $ rm -rf <submodule>
   

4. Run

   $ git submodule sync
   

5. And run

   $ git submodule update
   

More complete info can be found elsewhere:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/913701/changing-remote-repository-for-a-git-submodule