How to add a Git submodule from a shared directory over network?

Question

I have a shared directory on a computer in LAN which contains a Git repository. Now I am trying to add it as a submodule to one of my repositories.

I have tried :

git.exe submodule add -- \\Remote-PC\SharedDirectory\module1 module1

But when I run this command, it fails with the following error :

repo URL: '\\Remote-PC\SharedDirectory\module1' must be absolute or begin with ./|../

I don't know why it gives this error. Is it possible to add a shared directory as a submodule?

Why the `--`? It's not the issue, I'm just not sure why you'd need it. — Gauthier, May 21 '15 at 07:13
@Gauthier Actually I am using SmartGit and the command is the one that SmartGit generates when the wizard of adding a submodule is completed. — Nejat, May 21 '15 at 07:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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From "git on UNC path", you have the choice between:

bind the UNC path as a network drive
try and use /: //Remote-PC/SharedDirectory/module1
~~escape the backslash: \\\\Remote-PC\\SharedDirectory\\module1~~ (the OP reports it doesn't work for him)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 21 '15 at 05:20

VonC

Your second approach works, but the third one does not work. It gives the same error. – Nejat May 21 '15 at 06:06

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