What is this grey git icon?

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Looks like a folder inside of a folder - or maybe a lock? The file cannot be opened and none of the content appears to be there.

One thing I do know is that this folder is a repo itself, inside of a repo

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possible duplicate of [What does a grey icon in remote GitHub mean](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19584255/what-does-a-grey-icon-in-remote-github-mean) — random, Dec 06 '13 at 04:22

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Considering it is a submodule, one way for you to see its content is to:

clone that gitHub repo locally
do a:
```
git submodule update --init
```

But you should be able to click on it and browse its content directly from the web, if it was a repo hosted by GitHub.
See an example in my project https://github.com/VonC/compileEverything, where the submodule SemanticUI is directly browsable.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:13

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i did the same thing; did a `git init` by mistake in a sub folder. this fix worked for me – timebandit Dec 25 '15 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '13 at 23:04

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That is the github icon for a git submodule. From the book: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules

answered Dec 05 '13 at 23:04

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