分支上的Git递归克隆不起作用

Question

I'm trying to clone a specific branch of a repository with several git submodules, and having no luck with actually cloning them. I'm trying:

git clone --recurse-submodules --branch myBranch -j8 https://github.com/me/myrepo

But, all the submodule folders are empty, even after cloning start.

Also trying git submodule update , git submodule sync ...but nothing works, and I'm out of ideas.

Answer 1

Make sure those submodules are there in mybranch:

• check the .gitmodules file
• check the output of git ls-files -s aSubmoduleFolder (no trailing slash)

If there is no submodule entry, that would explain why they are empty.
If they are, as commented, a git submodule update --init should be enough.