https://matt2ology.github.io/categories/problems-and-questions/Recent content in Problems-and-Questions on matt2ology Tech Journal and BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 20 Mar 2026 02:22:47 -0700https://matt2ology.github.io/blog/how-to-implement-multiple-and-nested-submodules/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:22:47 -0700https://matt2ology.github.io/blog/how-to-implement-multiple-and-nested-submodules/<h2 id="how-to-implement-multiple-and-nested-submodules"><a href="#how-to-implement-multiple-and-nested-submodules" class="header-anchor"></a>How to implement multiple and nested submodules </h2><p>I don&rsquo;t know&hellip;</p> <p>I have a repository that uses nested submodules. I want to make sure they all work where <code>content</code> is a submodule to the main project repo, but <code>content</code> has a submodule of its own <code>journal</code>. Both <code>content</code> and <code>journal</code> are private repos to the main project repo.</p> <p>Where the <code>content</code> repo to <strong>manage its own submodule (<code>journal</code>) independently</strong> and <strong>not have the <code>journal</code> submodule tracked by the main repo</strong>. That is <code>content</code> repo to control its own submodules, but the main repo should only track <code>content</code> as a submodule, without the nested submodule (<code>journal</code>) being tracked directly by the main repo.</p> <p>All together:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Main repo</strong> tracks <code>content</code> as a submodule.</li> <li><strong><code>content</code> repo</strong> contains its own submodule <code>journal</code>.</li> <li>Main repo does not track the <code>journal</code> submodule directly.</li> </ul> <pre tabindex="0"><code>+---.github | \---workflows +---archetypes +---content (submodule) | +---.github | | \---workflows | +---.obsidian | +---archives | +---atomic | +---blog | +---collections | +---highlights | +---journal (submodule) | +---literature | +---search | \---templates +---layouts | +---shortcodes | +---_markup | \---_partials | +---article | \---obsidian \---themes \---hugo-theme-stack (submodule) </code></pre>