I have a git repo that contains 2 submodules. I want to create a new branch of the main app and have the submodules to point to a different "branch." I quote branch for I understand that submodules don't point to branches, but rather commit. I don't want the branch option for I don't always want the latest commit from the subs. I can't find in documentation. All three
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You simply create a new branch in your main parent repo and then:
- go in each submodules
- checkout for each the right branch you want
- go back in the parent repo and add and commit: that will record the gitlink (special entry in the index) of the two submodules new SHA1.
Since you have not configured the submodules to follow a branch, they will stay at the SHA1 you checked out for each of them.
