Push changes in git submodule to main module but not to submodule

Question

I have a git project A that uses a submodule B from Github. I cannot push to the Github project B because it is not mine. I want to do a small change in B that is not pushed to

Answer 1

If you want to share it, you somehow have to publish it.

One way is :

• on github: fork project B
• publish the commit you want on your fork
• in project A: update the git module remote url to point to your fork, and use the commit id for the commit you created.

At a later time, if the changes you want are integrated to upstream B, you can switch back to the original base url for project B.

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Another option, if you are ok with it, is, in your next commit on A, to stop handling B as a submodule, and integrate it as a subtree of your repo.