* "submodule" mistake and a problem
@ 2012-10-01 10:41 Howard Miller
2012-10-01 11:42 ` Johannes Sixt
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From: Howard Miller @ 2012-10-01 10:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
I did this and now am confused/stuck...
- I have an existing (long standing) project in git with an upstream in github
- I added a subdirectory which I had forgotten was itself a git
project (i.e. it has its own .git directory)
- I committed the subdirectory (git add /path/to/subdir; git commit -m ....)
- I pushed the latest version upstream
....at this point I realised that only the directory name had been pushed. SO...
- git rm /path/to/subdir resulted in fatal: pathspec
'/path/to/subdir/' did not match any files
- so I deleted it manually, re-copied the directory and removed its
.git directory
...I now cannot add or commit the directory. Git just ignores it. I
have grepped and searched and kind find no reference to this directory
anywhere. I am completely stumped.
Can anybody help? I don't want this to be a git subdirectory, I just
want to be able to add the files (without the .git directory)
Cheers :)
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* Re: "submodule" mistake and a problem
2012-10-01 10:41 "submodule" mistake and a problem Howard Miller
@ 2012-10-01 11:42 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-10-01 12:05 ` Howard Miller
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From: Johannes Sixt @ 2012-10-01 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Howard Miller; +Cc: git
Am 10/1/2012 12:41, schrieb Howard Miller:
> - I have an existing (long standing) project in git with an upstream in github
> - I added a subdirectory which I had forgotten was itself a git
> project (i.e. it has its own .git directory)
> - I committed the subdirectory (git add /path/to/subdir; git commit -m ....)
> - I pushed the latest version upstream
>
> .....at this point I realised that only the directory name had been pushed. SO...
>
> - git rm /path/to/subdir resulted in fatal: pathspec
> '/path/to/subdir/' did not match any files
> - so I deleted it manually, re-copied the directory and removed its
> ..git directory
>
> ....I now cannot add or commit the directory. Git just ignores it. I
> have grepped and searched and kind find no reference to this directory
> anywhere. I am completely stumped.
>
> Can anybody help? I don't want this to be a git subdirectory, I just
> want to be able to add the files (without the .git directory)
Perhaps:
git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir # remove from index, keep files
git add path/to/subdir
-- Hannes
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* Re: "submodule" mistake and a problem
2012-10-01 11:42 ` Johannes Sixt
@ 2012-10-01 12:05 ` Howard Miller
2012-10-01 16:40 ` Jens Lehmann
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From: Howard Miller @ 2012-10-01 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Johannes Sixt; +Cc: git
>
> Perhaps:
>
> git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir # remove from index, keep files
> git add path/to/subdir
>
> -- Hannes
Fantastic.... worked perfectly. I'll write that down somewhere for
the next time I do it :)
Is there a better way of handling sub-modules like that? I've looked
at git submodules but just got into more of a mess. It would be nice
to push a project complete with a (git) submodule upstream but it
seems tricky or impossible.
Thanks :)
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* Re: "submodule" mistake and a problem
2012-10-01 12:05 ` Howard Miller
@ 2012-10-01 16:40 ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-01 21:16 ` Howard Miller
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From: Jens Lehmann @ 2012-10-01 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Howard Miller; +Cc: Johannes Sixt, git
Am 01.10.2012 14:05, schrieb Howard Miller:
>>
>> Perhaps:
>>
>> git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir # remove from index, keep files
>> git add path/to/subdir
>>
>> -- Hannes
>
> Fantastic.... worked perfectly. I'll write that down somewhere for
> the next time I do it :)
>
> Is there a better way of handling sub-modules like that? I've looked
> at git submodules but just got into more of a mess. It would be nice
> to push a project complete with a (git) submodule upstream but it
> seems tricky or impossible.
Git submodules are distinct repositories by design, so you'd have to
create an upstream repository for the submodule too to make that work.
But I have the impression that you want to import another repository
into a directory of your repo, so maybe git subtree is what you want.
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* Re: "submodule" mistake and a problem
2012-10-01 16:40 ` Jens Lehmann
@ 2012-10-01 21:16 ` Howard Miller
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From: Howard Miller @ 2012-10-01 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jens Lehmann; +Cc: Johannes Sixt, git
I was not aware of git subtree. I'll go and do some reading. Thanks
for the pointer!
On 1 October 2012 17:40, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 01.10.2012 14:05, schrieb Howard Miller:
> >>
> >> Perhaps:
> >>
> >> git rm -f --cached path/to/subdir # remove from index, keep files
> >> git add path/to/subdir
> >>
> >> -- Hannes
> >
> > Fantastic.... worked perfectly. I'll write that down somewhere for
> > the next time I do it :)
> >
> > Is there a better way of handling sub-modules like that? I've looked
> > at git submodules but just got into more of a mess. It would be nice
> > to push a project complete with a (git) submodule upstream but it
> > seems tricky or impossible.
>
> Git submodules are distinct repositories by design, so you'd have to
> create an upstream repository for the submodule too to make that work.
> But I have the impression that you want to import another repository
> into a directory of your repo, so maybe git subtree is what you want.
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