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Synchronizing Remote URLs

The remote URL that a Submodule was cloned from is kept in various places in Git (e.g. in your local .git/config, in .gitmodules, and in the Submodule's own .git repository).

These values can diverge, e.g. …

  • if the remote moved to a different server, hosting service, or if it was simply renamed.
  • if the URL was deliberately overwritten with a local value.
  • if the configuration simply wasn't managed carefully.

In case you want to restore the remote URL to its default value from .gitmodules, you can use Tower's Synchronize option in the Submodule's right-click menu. This will make sure that all configuration values for the remote URL match the main value in .gitmodules.