Git Submodule Not Seen in GitBox

Question

I'm sure something is wrong with my git directory.

I set up my submodule using

git submodule add ssh://someUrl/confusionutil.git confusionUtil 

and this all works well. Seems like the submodule is acting right and has a .git file that says:

gitdir: ../.git/modules/confusionUtil

However: Gitbox doesn't recognize it as a submodule (nor as a git repo)... it does with another submodule I'm using, so...

Ideas? What could be wrong with my submodule?

Answer 1

As Yar commented, the issue stemmed from the update process:

One of the submodule (without the proper .gitmodule mapping) was causing the update to fail, before the confusionUtil submodule could get updated itself.