I see in the repo displayed on its web page:
I can't pull it to my local computer, can't browse it, etc.
How can I resolve this issue?
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Is this a repository that someone else has created and you have cloned? – 1615903 Jun 03 '16 at 07:31
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No, I created and I am the only one using it – Dominik Reinert Jun 03 '16 at 07:32
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That looks like a gitlink, a special entry in the index which records a SHA1.
It is typical of a nested git repo, which is ignored by the parent repo except for its root folder: the SHA1 of that nested git repo is recorded.
The problem is: the parent repo does not know from where this nested git repo comes from.
That is what a git submodule adds: a remote repo url in addition of the gitlink (SHA1). That url is stored in a .gitmodules file. That way, a git clone --recursive knows how to populate those gray folders: it knows what to clone (url) and what to checkout (the SHA1 of the gitlink).
But here, you just have the SHA1, no url.
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That means that I accidently had a nested git repo? And if I re-push it with a deleted sub-repo, that solves it? – Dominik Reinert Jun 03 '16 at 07:34
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@DoRe Exactly. Move your nested git repo, then do a `git rm -- classicthesis`, commit and push. – VonC Jun 03 '16 at 07:35
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Well, at first it worked. I moved the nested repo, `git rm -- classicthesis` worked as well. Then I removed the `git` files in the classicthesis foldes, copied it back again and tried to commit them again. I get the same problem again, though there are no git files left in classicthesis – Dominik Reinert Jun 03 '16 at 07:47
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@DoRe did you ad them before committing? Is there any `.git/` subfolder anywhere? – VonC Jun 03 '16 at 07:48
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the ./git folder was somehow added automatically. removed it a second time and now it works. thank you – Dominik Reinert Jun 03 '16 at 08:01