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Git Tracks the Submodule’s State

Git Tracks the Submodule’s State

Learn how to track the submodule's state.

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Get the experimental branch

Since your alicelib submodule is a straightforward clone of the remote alicelib origin, you have the master branch and the origin’s experimental branch:

1	cd alicelib
2	git branch -a -vv
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You are on the master branch (current HEAD location is indicated with a *), which is mapped to remotes/origin/master.

References Will Be Different
The refs (e.g., ff75b7f) will be different in your output.

You do not have an experimental branch locally. However, if you check out a branch that ...