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git [2024/04/11 16:58] – [git at dlma.com] dblumegit [2025/04/02 22:30] (current) – Add git config pack.threads limit dblume
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 git$ cd testcode.git/ git$ cd testcode.git/
 testcode.git$ git init --bare testcode.git$ git init --bare
 +testcode.git$ git config pack.threads 8  # Otherwise clone might fail with "unable to create thread"
 </code> </code>
  
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 The submodule one is an optimization for the more general: The submodule one is an optimization for the more general:
 +<code bash>
 +git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time
 +</code>
 +
 +====== Submodules ======
 +
 +[[https://www.cyberdemon.org/2024/03/20/submodules.html|Demystifying git submodules]] is [[https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/112604915327918216|summarized by Julia Evans in a 'zine page here]].
 +
 +Cloning a repo doesn't download its submodules. After cloning, run:
 +
 +<code bash>
 +git submodule update --init --recursive
 +</code>
 +
 +Git pull and checkout don't update submodules. To actually update them, you have to run the following every time you switch branches or pull.
 +
 <code bash> <code bash>
 git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time
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