Cloning the Project

Clone Project with Submodules

git clone --recurse-submodules [address_project_repository.git]

If the repository was already cloned without the --recurse-submodules option, the submodules can be initialized and updated with:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Submodule Maintenance

Adding Submodules

cd /path_to_wordpress

git submodule add [address_plugin_repository.git] wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

git submodule update --init --recursive

git add .gitmodules wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

git commit -m "Added [folder_plugin_name] as submodule"

Updating Submodules

cd wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

git pull origin main

cd ../../../
git add wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]
git commit -m "Updated [folder_plugin_name] submodule"

Removing a Submodule

git config -f .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

git config -f .git/config --remove-section submodule.wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

rm -rf .git/modules/wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]
rm -rf wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]

git add .gitmodules
git rm -r wp-content/plugins/[folder_plugin_name]
git commit -m "Removed [folder_plugin_name] submodule"