Tag Archives: submodules

03 Mar
2015

Hubot with Git Submodules

I love hubot and use one in a few different places. One thing I do find though is that I often want to edit or evolve those plugins, and it seems somehow unethical to just hardcode my changes into my own repo. Once I figured out how to wire together a forked repo as a submodule, it became much easier to work with hubots with external plugins, so I thought I’d share my recipe for that. Continue reading →
15 Oct
2014

Git Submodules for Dependent or Common Code

Submodules are one of the most powerful and most mistrusted features in git, at least in the web development part of the internet where I spend my time. I’ve seen them go horribly wrong, but I’ve also had teams adopt submodules and have their development process run much more smoothly as a result – so I thought I’d take a moment out of my day to write down the process (and the gotchas) of development with submodules. Continue reading →