Make sure you have first remove and committed the 'built
' folder.
git rm -rf built
# or, if built isn't in the working tree
git rm --cached -rf built
git add -A
git commit -m "remove built"
Then you can try your git submodule add
.
Domanda
I'm trying to turn a directory into a submodule and effectively turn the thing into a git superproject/project with specialized submodules inside. I have a "built" directory (necessary for what I'm making, as some of the dependencies are closed-source and therefore not in the git repo, meaning that some people can't build their own version), but I want to turn it into a separate repo placed in the same location as before. That is, instead of being /built
as a directory tracked by the repo, I want it to be /built
as a submodule tracked by a different repo.
However, when I try deleting /built
, committing that, and executing git submodule add BUILT_REPO_URL built
, I get:
A git directory for 'built' is found locally with remote(s):
origin BUILT_REPO_URL
If you want to reuse this local git directory instead of cloning again from
BUILT_REPO_URL
use the '--force' option. If the local git directory is not the correct repo
or you are unsure what this means choose another name with the '--name' option.
(I have substituted BUILT_REPO_URL for the appropriate git repository hosting URL.)
I don't want to rename the directory because that seems odd and I have build scripts and whatnot that I'd have to change. Besides, there are other directories I want to do this to as well, and they have a fairly set directory structure based on the framework I'm using. I've tried removing files from the cache (didn't have them there) and other similar steps. The problem is also un-Googleable, since all the results I've found have been for changing a submodule to a different submodule with the same directory name.
Soluzione
Make sure you have first remove and committed the 'built
' folder.
git rm -rf built
# or, if built isn't in the working tree
git rm --cached -rf built
git add -A
git commit -m "remove built"
Then you can try your git submodule add
.