git子模块在错误的分支中检出

Question

In my git repository I have two branches master and legacy . I have added the following .gitmodules file to my legacy branch. master branch does not have a .gitmodules file.However the git submodule is getting checked out in master branch. In the legacy branch nothing is getting checked out.

My .gitmodules file .

[submodule "build"]
    path = build
    url = git@git.gitlabs.com:Karthik.Sharma/build.git
    branch = 0.4

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

First, after adding the .gitmodules files, you should make a git submodule update --init in order to force the submodule to be checked out.

Second, check the nature of the build folder in the master branch.

git ls-files --stage | grep 160000

If you don't see build in the result, that means it is a regular folder (not a submodule).