I'm trying to add the Laravel files to a Github repo.
I ran
$ git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
The files show up fine locally but do not show up when I push to github:
The commit shows:
How can I add the laravel files to my github repo? Also, what is a subproject commit?
A submodule commit is a gitlink, special entry recorded in the index, created when you add a submodule to your repo;
It records the SHA1 currently referenced by the parent repo.
A git submodule update --init is enough to populate the laravel subdirectory in your repo.
Once it is filled, note that your submodule repo is in a detached HEAD mode.
As shown here, when switching branches in the parent repo, your submodule gitlink will change accordingly, but your submodule content won't change until you make again a git submodule update (after the git checkout)
It means the repository uses Submodules.
To pull down the Laravel code, try
git submodule init
git submodule update
Submodules are notoriously prickly; I recommend reading up on them before working too much on a project that uses them. The link above should be a good starting point.
