git submodules
git submodules allows to link one or more related git projects, which allows to build and execute commands in the dependent projects in a seamless way both on development machines and CI servers. This post explains about some basic commands required with git repositories containing git submodules. Add a new submodule: git submodule add <git_repo_url> <submodule_path> git add . git commit -m "Added Submodule" git push Remove an existing submodule: git submodule deinit <submodule_path> git rm <submodule_path> rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule_path> git add . git commit -m "Removed Submodule" git push Pull changes to submodules in already cloned repository: git pull --recurse-submodules git submodule update --init --recursive Pull changes to submodules in parallel: The -j parameters specifies the maximum number of parallel jobs to pull the submodules. In the below example -j8 means, up to 8 submodules will be pulled in parallel. The will spe