Hello,
currently I’m having trouble using subtree to include a subproject
that itself contains submodules.
$ git subtree add --prefix folderB/subtreeproject https:\\xx master --squash
The resulting structure is something like the following:
superproject/
├── .git/
├── .gitmodules
└── folderA/
├── someFileA
└── submoduleA /
└── folderB/
├── someFileB
└── subtreeproject/ <= THE SUBTREE
├── .gitmodules
├── someFolder/
└── submoduleInSubtree/ <= THE SUBMODULE IN SUBTREE
The subtreeproject contains its own submodule and therefore its own .gitmodules.
If I now run
$ git submodule update --init --remote
I get the error
fatal: No url found for submodule path
‘folderB/subtreeproject/submoduleInSubtree’ in .gitmodules
The only way I could get the submodule initialized is by manually
copying the contents of the folder/subtreeproject/.gitmodules to the
top-level .gitmodules and adjusting the path accordingly, which is
quite annoying.
Is this behavior intended? Isn’t there a more elegant solution?
Couldn’t git respect .gitmodules not only in the root directory but
also in any sub-directory? I learned it already works for submodules
within other submodules, but apparently not for submodules within
subtrees.
My git version:
$ git version 2.21.0.windows.1
Best regards
Thomas Kitzinger
