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Re: submodule init problem

From
Ricky Nite <ricky.nite@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2007, 00:30 UTC
Message-ID
<d4b731510707241730u45755c0dwfde5e0b14b14f1da@mail.gmail.com>
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This problem doesn't seem to occur if I rename my submodules (but I really don't want to):

rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ mkdir moduleA
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ mkdir moduleB
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ cd moduleA
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleA$ echo "foo" > moduleAtop.v
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleA$ ~/bin/git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleA$ ~/bin/git add moduleAtop
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleA$ ~/bin/git commit -a -m"imitial commit"
Created initial commit f8bc70b: imitial commit
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 moduleAtop.v
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleA$ cd ../moduleB
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleB$ echo "foo" > moduleBtop.v
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleB$ ~/bin/git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleB$ ~/bin/git add moduleBtop.v
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleB$ ~/bin/git commit -a -m"imitial commit"
Created initial commit da426f3: imitial commit
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 moduleBtop.v
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/moduleB$ cd ..
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ mkdir myproj2
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ cd myproj2
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj2$ ~/bin/git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj2$ ~/bin/git submodule add ~/git_dev/moduleA
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rnite/git_dev/myproj2/moduleA/.git/
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 3 objects.
Deltifying 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0remote:  (delta 0)
Indexing 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj2$ ~/bin/git submodule add ~/git_dev/moduleB
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rnite/git_dev/myproj2/moduleB/.git/
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 3 objects.
Deltifying 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0remote:  (delta 0)
Indexing 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj2$ ~/bin/git submodule init
Submodule 'moduleA' (/home/rnite/git_dev/moduleA/.git) registered for
path 'moduleA'
Submodule 'moduleB' (/home/rnite/git_dev/moduleB/.git) registered for
path 'moduleB'

help, RickyN

On 7/25/07, Ricky Nite <ricky.nite@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I encountered this message in "git submodule init":
> "No url found for submodule path '<submodule>' in .gitmodules"
>
> But when I look at .gitmodules, the <submodule> url is there.
> Subsequently, I cannot do "git submodule update"
>
> Here's the full log:
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ ~/bin/git --version
> git version 1.5.3.rc2.g11308
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ mkdir flash
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ mkdir flashboard
> rnite@linuskarl :~/git_dev$ cd flash
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flash$ echo "foo" > flash.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flash$ ~/bin/git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flash$ ~/bin/git add flash.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flash$ ~/bin/git commit -a -m "initial
> commit of flash module"
> Created initial commit c19874e: initial commit of flash module
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 flash.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flash$ cd ../flashboard
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flashboard$ echo "foo" > flashboard.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flashboard$ ~/bin/git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flashboard$ ~/bin/git add flashboard.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flashboard$ ~/bin/git commit -a -m "initial
> commit of flashboard module"
> Created initial commit 45dff87: initial commit of flashboard module
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 flashboard.v
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/flashboard$ cd ..
> rnite@linuskarl :~/git_dev$ mkdir myproj
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev$ cd myproj
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ ~/bin/git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ ~/bin/git submodule add ~/git_dev/flash
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rnite/git_dev/myproj/flash/.git/
> remote: Generating pack...
> remote: Done counting 3 objects.
> Deltifying 3 objects...
>  100% (3/3) done
> Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0remote:  (delta 0)
> Indexing 3 objects...
>  100% (3/3) done
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ ~/bin/git submodule add ~/git_dev/flashboard
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rnite/git_dev/myproj/flashboard/.git/
> remote: Generating pack...
> remote: Done counting 3 objects.
> Deltifying 3 objects...
>  100% (3/3) done
> Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0remote:  (delta 0)
> Indexing 3 objects...
>  100% (3/3) done
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ ~/bin/git submodule init
> No url found for submodule path 'flash' in .gitmodules
> rnite@linuskarl:~/git_dev/myproj$ cat .gitmodules
> [submodule "flash"]
>         path = flash
>         url = /home/rnite/git_dev/flash/.git
> [submodule "flashboard"]
>         path = flashboard
>         url = /home/rnite/git_dev/flashboard/.git
>
> I can add more submodules, but the message stays the same after "git
> submodule init" and I cannot do "git submodule update"
>
> help,
> RickyN
>
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