Git submodules using relative urls
I use git (TortoiseGit 1.7.5.0) and have a repo with submodules, which are referenced via absolute paths in a manner: [submodule "common/sub"] path = common/sub url = ssh://localhost/lib/common/sub While the super-repo is cloned as ssh://user@localhost/super , the username shouldn't go into each submodule url, because different users should work with the code using their own credentials. When pulling/pushing submodules I had to enter my login (the password is not needed because I'm running Pageant): the username isn't passed to TortoisePlink via command line. Surfing the Web, I found several