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Leonardo
Leonardo

Reputation: 1891

git submodule version based on tag

How do git submodules and tags work, specifically can I use git tags in the host module to change which has the submodule points to?

Lets say that I have a module called main and under that, I added a submodule called dep. I have just released a new version, so I tag the whole repo with REL_1. Life goes on, I code some more and update the dep submodule and commit that to HEAD.

What happens when I checkout REL_1? Will dep go back to the hash it had when I created the tag?

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 259

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324218

Will dep go back to the hash it had when I created the tag?

It will go back to the hash present when you tagged the whole repo with REL_1

A git submodule update --remote would then update the submodule (to latest master by default)

Upvotes: 2

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