Swap git submodule with own fork
git, git-fork, git-submodules, github
Solution
The submodules are stored in `.gitmodules`:
$ cat .gitmodules
[submodule "ext/google-maps"]
path = ext/google-maps
url = git://git.naquadah.org/google-maps.git
If you edit the `url` with a text editor, you need to run the following:
$ git submodule sync
This updates `.git/config` which contains a copy of this submodule list (you could also just edit the relevant `[submodule]` section of `.git/config` manually)
There might be a way to do it with only `git` commands, although the `submodule` system seems a bit incomplete (e.g see the instructions to remove a submodule)
Problem
I added a submodule to my git repo like this: ``` $ git submodule add git://github.com/user/some-library some-library ``` I've decided I want to create a fork of that library to do some adjustments. How can i swap that submodule so that it points to my own github fork instead?