'Using git submodule update fails but git clone directly works well
There are submodules in the project and I use following command to clone submodules recursively.
$ Git clone --recurse-submodules ssh://[email protected]:29418/ipg-sh/mcf/mcf_fw.git
Cloning into 'C:/Users/peterwei/mcf_fw/modules/bsp/hal/intel'...
Welcome to Intel Hardened OS
remote: Enumerating objects: 81, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (81/81), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (69/69), done.
remote: Total 859 (delta 28), reused 34 (delta 6), pack-reused 778
Receiving objects: 100% (859/859), 231.22 KiB | 432.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (267/267), done.
The result is that the folder only contains .git file, as below.
However, if I cd into the folder 'C:/Users/peterwei/mcf_fw/modules/bsp/hal/intel' and do clone with following command
$ git clone ssh://[email protected]:29418/ipg-sh/modules/bsp/hal_intel.git
Cloning into 'hal_intel'...
Welcome to Intel Hardened OS
remote: Enumerating objects: 81, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (81/81), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (69/69), done.
remote: Total 859 (delta 28), reused 34 (delta 6), pack-reused 778
Receiving objects: 100% (859/859), 231.22 KiB | 457.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (267/267), done.
I can download all files successfully.
What's the difference and why the git submodule method doesn't work well?
Solution 1:[1]
The difference is: you have created a nested Git repository inside a subfolder you your main repository. That nested repo content will be ignored by the parent repository.
Try a git submodule update --init inside your main repository (after having removed any nested repo manually cloned)
Check what URL is registered in your main repo .gitmodules file.
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| Solution | Source |
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| Solution 1 | VonC |