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Joe Isaacson
Joe Isaacson

Reputation: 4132

What is this grey git icon?

Looks like a folder inside of a folder - or maybe a lock? The file cannot be opened and none of the content appears to be there.

One thing I do know is that this folder is a repo itself, inside of a repo

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Upvotes: 4

Views: 10175

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1328972

Considering it is a submodule, one way for you to see its content is to:

  • clone that gitHub repo locally

  • do a:

    git submodule update --init

But you should be able to click on it and browse its content directly from the web, if it was a repo hosted by GitHub.
See an example in my project https://github.com/VonC/compileEverything, where the submodule SemanticUI is directly browsable.

Upvotes: 5

Ilea Cristian
Ilea Cristian

Reputation: 5851

That is the github icon for a git submodule. From the book: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules

Upvotes: 0

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