4.5. Essential Commands for Submodules

Here’s a simple overview of the basic commands for working with submodules:

Command	Description
git submodule add <rep-url> [path]	Add a new submodule to the project.
git submodule update --init --remote	Initialize & update, fetching the latest changes from remote repo.
git submodule status [path]	Check the status of the submodules (in [path]).
git submodule update --remote [path]	Update the submodule to the latest commit on the tracked branch.
git rm --cached [path-to-submodule]	Remove a submodule from the parent repository.
git submodule init	Initialize submodules in a cloned repository.
git submodule update	Update the submodules to the commit specified in the parent repo.