I'm trying to add a submodule to Azure Devops.

I have created two Repo's and i'd like one to be a submodule of the other. Is this the way to go? Or do you just create a folder in the main Repo which adds the submodule? Is it possible with just the azure set up wizards?

I have only found how to checkout a submodule with the main Repo and literally nothing on how to actually create the submodule.

CodePudding user response：

You need to use git command to create submodule. Here are the detailed steps:

1. Go to the local main repository. If your repository does not exist locally, please clone it. In your repository, click "Clone" to get clone URL. Please copy it. Then, please create a new folder locally and run the following command in the directory:

   git init
   git clone {clone URL}
   

2. Run the command:

   git submodule add {repository url}
   

   resository url: The url of your Azure DevOps repository: https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_git/{repository}

   Then you will find a .gitmodules file automatically generated. You can open it to check the submodule name and url.

3. Run the following command to add, commit and push the changes to Azure DevOps:

   git add .
   git commit -m "commit message"
   git push origin {branch name}