Empty Git submodule folder when repo cloned
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I have one repo hosted at https://github.com/aikiframework/json . On my local copy, I added a submodule using the command
git submodule add git@github.com:jcubic/json-rpc.git json-rpc
Then I did a commit and push, and the changes appear on GitHub (I can click on it). But when I clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/aikiframework/json.git
the submodule folder json-rpc is empty.
What am I missing here? Did I forget about something? Why is that folder empty?
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
OK I found it, needed to add --recursive
when cloning the repo.
So the clone command ends up as:
git clone https://github.com/aikiframework/json.git --recursive
Note that if you forgot the --recursive
flag you can do (thanks to @Amber):
git submodule update --init