Git submodule support

[rosstimson]

I've just recently come across this project and I'm in the process of changing my dotfiles for use with ghar. I had previously been using Git submodules to include my Vim files etc. I have since got rid of these and will use ghar to add the repos in separately, however I still have many submodules in my .janus file which adds Vim plugins to Janus (https://github.com/carlhuda/janus).

Janus is a very popular project so I would imagine this is quite common although support for Git submodules would be good to have for other uses too. At the moment everything works fine except I have to remember to manually go into the repo and git submodule init && git submodule update before using ghar install to symlink the files.

[robert-chiniquy]

+1

[silasdavis]

I'd like this too. It allows you to 'mount' external repos somwhere within your home directory. For example if I have a personal 'dotfiles' repo I can 'git submodule add git://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim .vim/bundle/neobundle.vim' to get the vim package manager neobundles included

[NemesisRE]

Tried this today, cause I thought it would be the best way to for backup with a personal git remote.
But then I realized it doess't work :(

so 👍 from too

[kakulukia]

when checking out your dotfiles repo use:

git clone --recursive <repo_url>

[philips]

@kakulukia I don't understand your request. Can you explain further?

[kakulukia]

It's not a request but an answer.

Have a look at my repo to see it in action:
https://github.com/kakulukia/dotfiles