libgit2

git_submodule_set_branch

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Set the branch for the submodule in the configuration

After calling this, you may wish to call git_submodule_sync() to write the changes to the checked out submodule repository.

Signature

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int git_submodule_set_branch(git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *branch);

Parameters

git_repository *
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repo

the repository to affect

const char *
In
name

the name of the submodule to configure

const char *
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branch

Branch that should be used for the submodule

Returns

int

0 on success, < 0 on failure

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