How to make link to submodule navigate to the default branch instead of specific commit tree on Github remote repo?

[Ifycode]

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I asked this question on stackoverflow, but I have not gotten an answer yet.

I am working with git submodules. I have a parent repo on GitHub, and the submodule repos inside it are links to their respective repos on Github as expected. But I have the following issues:

• Repo links show the commit hash in it (see screenshot 1)
• Therefore, after clicking on the link from the parent repo, it takes me to the specific commit of the submodule as shown on the button in screenshot 2, instead of the default branch main (sometimes I use develop as my default branch).

Question: How do I get the links in the parent repo to take navigate to or take me to the default branch (and not a specific commit)?

Screenshot 1: parent repo

Screenshot 2: submodule repo (e.g. ng1-translate-app)

[airtower-luna]

A submodule always points to a specific commit. That's a property of submodules as such, not a design decision in the GitHub web UI. I think it'd be confusing to people if the link went to the default branch, because then they might see files that are different from what they get if they check out the repository with its submodules.

[Ifycode]

Well, thank you for your response @airtower-luna
I saw this response on stackoverflow that makes me believe probably what I'm asking for is not available/possible (yet).

Although I wish that the repo owner should been given the option to choose if they want the link to take them to the default branch or to the commit.
I say this because in the main project I needed it to work like that for, I only want the link to take contributors straight to the branch they should be creating a new branch from. It gives my super and sub projects the structure that I want that way.

For this particular usage, I am not interested in seeing the commit in the remote, the local can keep doing that work. I just want to achieve a clean structure in the remote for my community contributors to see the sub project as a continuation or a part of the super project in the remote without branching out to the commit.

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[Ifycode]

By the way, there is a bug on the github Web UI that makes me know that what I'm asking is not impossible.
The submodule repo links go to the default branch when you view the github Web UI on a mobile phone (but goes to the commit in when in desktop).
https://github.com/Ifycode-study/modern-ng-bootcamp

Bug reported here: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/52337#discussion-5059153

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