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How to pull changes from github submodule branch "A" into parent module branch "B"

I've made some changes in repository A, that are reflected in branch A. This repository A is a submodule for repository B. I want to reflect repository A's branch A changes in repository B's branch Y. How do I do this?

Solution

  • Let X be a branch of submodule A and Y be a branch of parent repository B.

    Switch to X and change directory to the root of B. Running git status would show something like this:

    On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   A (new commits)

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

    Then switch to Y and commit the changes:

    git switch Y
git add A
git commit