Question

By using git add -A and git commit -a, I can obviously add/commit all changes to the repo I’m currently situated in. However, is there a way to include all submodules in an add/commit and apply the same commit message to each?

Answer 1

You can use an alias. Make script: e.g. ~/supercommit.sh

#!/bin/bash -e
if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "You need to provide a commit message"
    exit
fi

git submodule foreach git add -A .
git submodule foreach git commit -am "$1"

git add -A .
git commit -am "$1"

And mark it executable (chmod +x). Now, create an alias:

git config alias.supercommit '!~/supercommit.sh "$@"; #'

That should do (I’ll test it in a bit)