"submodule" mistake and a problem

> - I have an existing (long standing) project in git with an upstream in github
> - I added a subdirectory which I had forgotten was itself a git
> project (i.e. it has its own .git directory)
> - I committed the subdirectory (git add /path/to/subdir;  git commit -m ....)
> - I pushed the latest version upstream
> 
> .....at this point I realised that only the directory name had been pushed. SO...
> 
> - git rm /path/to/subdir resulted in fatal: pathspec
> '/path/to/subdir/' did not match any files
> - so I deleted it manually, re-copied the directory and removed its
> ..git directory
> 
> ....I now cannot add or commit the directory. Git just ignores it. I
> have grepped and searched and kind find no reference to this directory
> anywhere. I am completely stumped.
> 
> Can anybody help? I don't want this to be a git subdirectory, I just
> want to be able to add the files (without the .git directory)

>
> Perhaps:
>
>   git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir   # remove from index, keep files
>   git add path/to/subdir
>
> -- Hannes

>>
>> Perhaps:
>>
>>   git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir   # remove from index, keep files
>>   git add path/to/subdir
>>
>> -- Hannes
> 
> Fantastic.... worked perfectly.  I'll write that down somewhere for
> the next time I do it :)
> 
> Is there a better way of handling sub-modules like that? I've looked
> at git submodules but just got into more of a mess. It would be nice
> to push a project complete with a (git) submodule upstream but it
> seems tricky or impossible.

>
> Am 01.10.2012 14:05, schrieb Howard Miller:
> >>
> >> Perhaps:
> >>
> >>   git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir   # remove from index, keep files
> >>   git add path/to/subdir
> >>
> >> -- Hannes
> >
> > Fantastic.... worked perfectly.  I'll write that down somewhere for
> > the next time I do it :)
> >
> > Is there a better way of handling sub-modules like that? I've looked
> > at git submodules but just got into more of a mess. It would be nice
> > to push a project complete with a (git) submodule upstream but it
> > seems tricky or impossible.
>
> Git submodules are distinct repositories by design, so you'd have to
> create an upstream repository for the submodule too to make that work.
> But I have the impression that you want to import another repository
> into a directory of your repo, so maybe git subtree is what you want.