Use read-only git submodule

Question

How do I push changes to a git submodule where I have read-only access.

My problem is when I try to do git submodule update

. I get an errorfatal: reference is not a tree

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Gatman Jan 24 13 at 18:47

1 answer

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-25T07:12:46+0000

If this submodule is on GitHub, you need to:

remake , and use this repo as your submodule
- make a modification in this submodule and press
- transfer the parent repo
change url submodules ( edit .gitmodules in parent repo)

Then yours git submodule update

will work.