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lejahmie
lejahmie

Reputation: 18253

Git submodules are being -dirty?

I just cloned a repository as a submodule into one of my projects. Al is well and working, but all of a sudden i get this message when I do git status;

# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#   (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
#
#       modified:   wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields (untracked content
)
#

And if I do git diff I get the following:

-Subproject commit 486e51db9b6ce49114c897ed1893a208d2289a29
+Subproject commit 486e51db9b6ce49114c897ed1893a208d2289a29-dirty

What is worrying is the -dirty change. What does it mean? How do I fix it? I havent made any changes to the repository. But Dreamweaver may have added stupid _notes folders to it. I have tried to delete them but still have same problem. Is this what is causing it to be dirty?

If I try and do a git add -A it still says I have untracked content.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3177

Answers (3)

lejahmie
lejahmie

Reputation: 18253

Problem was as I suspected that Dreamweaver created its *_notes* folders. I found out how to disable this via http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-1671

Just as @Woodrow Douglass mentions, I needed to check my submodule folder to see what was changed. And the changes was loads of *_notes* folders created.

Upvotes: 1

Woodrow Douglass
Woodrow Douglass

Reputation: 2655

the -dirty suffix means the submodule has changed. do this:

cd wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields

then

git status

and you'll see what changes are causing your submodule to be dirty.

Upvotes: 7

ogzd
ogzd

Reputation: 5692

try git add wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields

Upvotes: 0

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