How To Install git-subrepo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-subrepo in Fedora 36. git-subrepo is Git Submodule Alternative

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-subrepo on Fedora 36.

What is git-subrepo

This git command “clones” an external git repo into a subdirectory of your repo. Later on, upstream changes can be pulled in, and local changes can be pushed back. Simple.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-subrepo on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-subrepo.

Install git-subrepo on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-subrepo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-subrepo

Install git-subrepo on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-subrepo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-subrepo

How To Uninstall git-subrepo on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the git-subrepo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-subrepo

git-subrepo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d/bash+.bash
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d/help-functions.bash
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/Changes
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/Intro.pod
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/ReadMe.pod
/usr/share/licenses/git-subrepo
/usr/share/licenses/git-subrepo/License
/usr/share/man/man1/git-subrepo.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-subrepo on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).