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I'm sure something is wrong with my git directory.

I set up my submodule using

git submodule add ssh://someUrl/confusionutil.git confusionUtil

and this all works well. Seems like the submodule is acting right and has a .git file that says:

gitdir: ../.git/modules/confusionUtil

However: Gitbox doesn't recognize it as a submodule (nor as a git repo)... it does with another submodule I'm using, so...

Ideas? What could be wrong with my submodule?

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  • Did you initialize and update that submodule? (`git submodule update --init`). Did you add and commit that new submodule entry in your local repo? – VonC Mar 01 '14 at 19:21
  • Thanks @VonC, the answer was in there. Basically `git submodule update` was erroring on another submodule that did not have a submodule mapping, so I guess it never finished. – Dan Rosenstark Mar 03 '14 at 02:06
  • Ok, I have described that error in a answer below for more visibility. – VonC Mar 03 '14 at 18:43

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As Yar commented, the issue stemmed from the update process:

One of the submodule (without the proper .gitmodule mapping) was causing the update to fail, before the confusionUtil submodule could get updated itself.

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