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== Configuring Git for submodules ==

Once you've installed git, there are some configuration options which will make your life much easier. You can set them globally with the following commands:

 git config --global alias.spull '!__git_spull() { git pull "$@" && git submodule sync --recursive && git submodule update --init --recursive; }; __git_spull'
 git config --global status.submoduleSummary true

These two commands will ensure that git works a little better with submodules. Submodules are essentially git repositories that are buried inside other git repositories. For example, the <code>wikiresearch</code> repository currently uses the <code>RCommunityData</code> repository as a submodule. If you're working in a repository like this, you'll want to use <code>git spull</code> instead of just <code>git pull</code> which will also check for and pull changes made in any of your submodules.