How to change git submodules url locally?

Question

The original .gitmodules file uses the hard coded https urls but for some automated tests I clone from ssh and make the submodule urls

Answer 1

I tried the above solution but had a mess of problems for some reason. The following is an alternative.

In a new repository:

1. git submodule init
2. Initialize each submodule manually with git clone ../local/path/to/submodule.git path/in/repo/submodule

Whenever the root repository submodule hashes change and you need to sync the submodules:

1. Update the root repository
2. git submodule update with maybe --force and --recursive for good measure