I added a submodule to my project like this (all from the root of the project) git submodule add git@..... path/to/submodule git submodule init git add path/to/submodule git commit -m 'I added a submodule!' git push All looks good and 'git status' reports 'nothing to commit' However, I now cannot change branches. On checkout, I get... "error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:" (followed by a big list of all the files in the submodule) Where did I go wrong and what can I do to sort it? Thanks again! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html