actions-marketplace-validations/Git Submodules Upgrade
Upgrades all git submodules to their latest remote commit and optionally opens a PR.
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- Activelast commit Apr 4, 2026
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- MIT
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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/itsapinhulk_git-submodules-upgrade@453c8a01f2faeef193971ae09953c20c09dbbeb2 # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-13tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| target | Path to the repository root containing submodules. | no | . |
| create-pr | Set to 'false' to skip pull request creation. | no | true |
| include | Newline- or space-separated list of submodule paths to upgrade. When set, only these submodules are updated (takes priority over skip). | no | "" |
| skip | Newline- or space-separated list of submodule paths to skip. Ignored when include is set. | no | "" |
| pr-branch | Branch name used for the upgrade PR. | no | auto/upgrade-submodules |
| pr-title | Title of the pull request. | no | chore: upgrade git submodules |
| pr-commit-message | Commit message for the submodule upgrade commit. | no | chore: upgrade git submodules |
| reviewer | GitHub username to request a review from (optional). | no | "" |
| token | GitHub token used to create pull requests. Defaults to github.token. Supply a PAT if your repository does not allow GitHub Actions to create pull requests. | no | ${{ github.token }} |
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