# git reset of addition of a submodule? 2 messages from 2017-11-30 to 2017-11-30. Participants: David Turner. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47356 ## David Turner, 2017-11-30 17:05 Subject: git reset of addition of a submodule? Message-ID: <1512061507.9882.374.camel@novalis.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1512061507.9882.374.camel%40novalis.org ``` git submodule add https://my-git-repo blort git commit -m 'add a submodule' git reset HEAD^ blort The reset deletes the gitlink, but does not delete the entry in .gitmodules. On one hand, this is exactly what the user asked for -- they wanted the path 'blort' to be changed in the index, and that's what they got. On the other hand, the behavior differs from git rm, and seems confusing: most folks don't want an entry in .gitmodules which doesn't correspond to a gitlink. If reset isn't the right thing for me to do when I want to say "oops" about adding a submodule, then what is? I could do: git reset HEAD^ blort .gitmodules but what if I added two submodules and only wanted to undo the addition of one? ``` ## David Turner, 2017-11-30 17:10 Subject: Re: git reset of addition of a submodule? Message-ID: <1512061858.9882.375.camel@novalis.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1512061858.9882.375.camel%40novalis.org In-Reply-To: <1512061507.9882.374.camel@novalis.org> ``` On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 12:05 -0500, David Turner wrote: > git submodule add https://my-git-repo blort > git commit -m 'add a submodule' > git reset HEAD^ blort > > The reset deletes the gitlink, but does not delete the entry in > .gitmodules.  On one hand, this is exactly what the user asked for -- > they wanted the path 'blort' to be changed in the index, and that's > what they got.  On the other hand, the behavior differs from git rm, > and seems confusing: most folks don't want an entry in .gitmodules > which doesn't correspond to a gitlink.   > > If reset isn't the right thing for me to do when I want to say "oops" > about adding a submodule, then what is?  I could do: > git reset HEAD^ blort .gitmodules > but what if I added two submodules and only wanted to undo the > addition > of one? Also, resetting the deletion of a submodule has an even worse issue -- you end up with a gitlink but no entry in .gitmodules. ```