'Unable to find current origin/master revision in submodule path
In my project (which uses git), I need to use a library, which is still in progress. I decided to create a submodule for that library, because I want to update from time to time its latest version (I don't plan to make my own change there).
I did:
git submodule add https://github.com/mb21/JSONedit.git
git commit -am 'added JSNedit submodule'
git push -u origin master
git pull origin master
Then, I did see the JSONedit folder in my local folder, and a link in my git folder online. But when I did git submodule update --remote JSONedit/, I got the following errors:
fatal: Needed a single revision
Unable to find current origin/master revision in submodule path 'JSONedit'
Does anyone know what's wrong here?
Solution 1:[1]
It seems that this problem was already solved in this thread: Git submodules - pulling into a new clone of the super project. In short you should try:
# rm -rf JSONedit
# git submodule update
Solution 2:[2]
I faced the same problem. It got solved. the folder in which the submodule would be stored was there. when I deleted the folder manually, it got resolved.
Solution 3:[3]
In my case, the problem was that Git submodule assumed there would be a branch origin/master. Instead, the submodule repository only had a branch main.
I added branch=main to the submodule definition in .gitmodules. After running git submodule sync, git submodule update --remote now works fine.
Solution 4:[4]
fatal: Needed a single revision
Unable to find current origin/master revision in submodule path
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Community |
| Solution 2 | pranav |
| Solution 3 | F1iX |
| Solution 4 | Ashish Sondagar |