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I am quite new to github and I am trying to find a solution to a current problem that I am having. I will go through my process step by step:
First I created a new folder named [project name] Next I used these commands:
cd [project name] git clone [remote project from github url] So far I have created a folder and cloned a project that my group is working on in github.
Next, I went inside that folder and created an angular project with
ng new [angulartest] This will create all the components of my angular test into the same folder that is the clone of the one from github.
Finally, I pushed the new angular test on github with
git add [angulartest] git commit git push What happens is that it only pushes the folder [angulartest] but none of its contents (even though there are contents in it). When I try to pull from its contents, I still just get an empty folder in return.
When I try to enter that folder and add each element of the contents, using these steps:
cd [angulartest] git add e2e, src, nodemodules, etc git commit git push It gives me the following error (even when I try to add each element individually):
fatal: in unpopulated submodule [angulartest]
I was wondering if it was a problem with my git syntax, the angular project, or the way I tried to clone the project. That way, I know which direction I want to be headed when looking for a solution.
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If we cloned from third party repository we got this " fatal: in unpopulated submodule 'submodule name' " error. Also you can remove .git folder manually then you can try to git add I got the same error when I had a subdirectory in my local repo, had deleted the .git to solve different issue, and then tried to add an updated html file to my repo.
It sounds like you're operating on non-initialized submodules (they're basically missing .git directories), therefore you should initialize them first and update: Check your current outstanding submodules by: git submodule status.
Git submodule represents a record in a host git repository pointing to a particular commit in another external repository. The file of the .gitmodule includes meta data on how to map amid the URL of the submodule project and local directory. It is necessary to remove the submodule in case it is not required anymore.
Show activity on this post. It seems the git add context is the parent repo ("parent" means the one including the submodule), which triggers the warning. Don't forget that, if this works, you would still have to go back to the parent repo, and git add _site, since the subrepo would have changes.
It seems like, you may have removed the .git folder. In that case you can try
git rm --cached angulartest -f 
git rm --cached . -rf Stealing from anlijudavid's comment which was the actual answer for me on macOS with zsh. Adding -r based on Richard Collette's comment to this answer.
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