How do I force git to always use the master branch?
branch, clone, git
Solution
This requires git 1.8.2 or later (March 2013)
It depends on how those submodules are declared in the `.gitmodules`:
See "git submodule tracking latest"
That would allow you to follow the master branch. Update your current `.gitmodules` with a:
git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.branch master
git submodule update --remote --recursive
Note that the submodule still won't be on any branch. Simply their SHA1 would be the one of `origin/master`. You would still need to `checkout master` for each of them.
git submodule foreach --recursive git checkout master
Problem
I have some Xcode project I'm trying to clone from GitHub using git, and it has external submodules as well. Whenever I try to clone, it keeps putting these external submodules as well as every folder in the project on "(no branch)" instead of master. This is what I'm doing in Terminal: ``` git clone git@github.com:******.git cd ****** git submodule update --init cd External/****** git submodule update --init cd External/****** git submodule update --init ``` If I cd into any folder and do git branch, I get this: ``` git branch * (no branch) master ``` Is there a way I can force git clone to use the master branch everywhere?