# [BUG] can't switch branches with submodules 2 messages from 2013-02-09 to 2013-02-09. Participants: Ramkumar Ramachandra, W. Trevor King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32868 ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2013-02-09 12:25 Subject: [BUG] can't switch branches with submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALkWK0%3DaifKVHnPZSfqE0rLn1aUGqC0nBULaLCe6UY2%3D6YGZ9g%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I have two branches: master and gh-pages. master has one submodule called foo that gh-pages doesn't. When I try to check out gh-pages from master: warning: unable to rmdir foo: Directory not empty And the foo directory exists in my worktree. This is very annoying, and I want to fix it now. Where is this error coming from? How does the worktree get updated when I checkout? ``` ## W. Trevor King, 2013-02-09 12:32 Subject: [BUG] can't switch branches with submodules Message-ID: <20130209123205.GC1795@odin.tremily.us> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130209123205.GC1795%40odin.tremily.us In-Reply-To: ``` On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 05:55:26PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > I have two branches: master and gh-pages. master has one submodule > called foo that gh-pages doesn't. When I try to check out gh-pages > from master: > > warning: unable to rmdir foo: Directory not empty > > And the foo directory exists in my worktree. This is very annoying, > and I want to fix it now. Where is this error coming from? How does > the worktree get updated when I checkout? You may want to look at the pending Great Submodule Integration Branch: On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 07:59:53AM +0100, Jens Lehmann wrote: > I´m currently working on teaching mv to move submodules and intend > to send those patches to the list after finishing submodule deinit. > Please see > https://github.com/jlehmann/git-submod-enhancements/commits/mv-submodules > for the current state of this series. ;) Trevor -- This email may be signed or encrypted with GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy ```