Update Git submodule to latest commit on origin

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The git submodule update command actually tells Git that you want your submodules to each check out the commit already specified in the index of the superproject. If you want to update your submodules to the latest commit available from their remote, you will need to do this directly in the submodules.

So in summary:

# Get the submodule initially
git submodule add ssh://bla submodule_dir
git submodule init

# Time passes, submodule upstream is updated
# and you now want to update

# Change to the submodule directory
cd submodule_dir

# Checkout desired branch
git checkout master

# Update
git pull

# Get back to your project root
cd ..

# Now the submodules are in the state you want, so
git commit -am "Pulled down update to submodule_dir"

Or, if you’re a busy person:

git submodule foreach git pull origin master

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