Using git submodules in a git-svn project

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Published on 2010-12-23T14:37:04Z Indexed on 2010/12/23 14:54 UTC
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In our git-svn managed project, we have 3 upstream projects that are all kept in native git repositories on GitHub. Since the source code of those upstream projects is under our control and changes frequently, our current solution, namely re-deploying the build artifacts to the super-project everytime we change something is quite cumbersome.

What I'd like to have is this:

parent project (git-svn):
    --> submodule 1 (git)
    --> submodule 2 (git)
    --> submodule 3 (git)

That way, the source code for submodules 1-3 is compiled along with the sources for the super project, but I can push changes to submodules separately.

The question is: what happens when I git svn dcommit on the parent project? Does this even work?

UPDATE Hm, I just set up a simple project structure, trying to resemble this scenario, and I receive this error message when trying to dcommit on the superproject:

a0301b11f3544a1e71067ff270eded65e4c8afbd doesn't exist in the repository at /opt/local/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 4775
Failed to read object a0301b11f3544a1e71067ff270eded65e4c8afbd at /opt/local/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 574

Any ideas/suggestions?

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