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Dunhamzzz
Dunhamzzz

Reputation: 14808

Git Submodule update over https

I am sitting on a proxy which only allows http/https traffic only, I am able to clone a repository from Github, but I have to fetch/push using the https URL and username/password.

Now my issues is a repository with submodules, when I execute git submodule update it times out, and I can only assume this is because it's using an SSH connection which is blocked. (it doesn't even ask me for a password on private repos)

Upvotes: 56

Views: 47533

Answers (3)

fkoessler
fkoessler

Reputation: 7276

  1. Edit your .gitmodules file to use the HTTPS URL.
  2. Run git submodule sync to reflect the change to your .git/config file.
  3. Run the update command again.
  4. Commit and push the changes in your .gitmodules file.

Example .gitmodules file:

[submodule "vendor/engines/fat_free_crm"]
    path = vendor/engines/fat_free_crm
    url = https://github.com/fatfreecrm/fat_free_crm.git

Credits: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6632693/1273077

Upvotes: 99

trex
trex

Reputation: 573

If you don't want to manually change the .gitmodules file yourself, you can do it with git CLI now (make sure your git version is not too old).

This will make the changes for you:

git submodule  set-url [--] <path> <newurl>

Example:

git submodule set-url somedir https://github.com/somename/somerepo.git

Upvotes: 6

Alex Wilson
Alex Wilson

Reputation: 6740

In your .gitmodules file in the root of your repo, and in the .git/config file, you should find a section for your submodule. You can edit the url there so it is accessed via https request rather ssh.

Of course it may already be an ssh url, in which case the problem may be something else, but this is the first place to check.

Upvotes: 48

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