Adding a folder creates a submodule

Question

When I add some particular folders then git tower creates a submodule for that folders. I don't want to create a submodule.

Some pattern I notice is that inside this XYZ folder there is a folder named MyFolder and there is one more folder with same name MyFolder which is in same directory as the folder which is made submodule.

I don't know if its the issue. And yes then how to solve it?

Answer 1

I solved by first removing the folder MyFolder which is converted to submodule by git tower (I committed XYZ though).

git rm --cached path/to/submodule
rm -rf path/to/submodule

Then adding MyFolder to XYZ again and committing solved the problem.

cd path/to/XYZ
git add MyFolder/
git commit -m "Added MyFolder" MyFolder/