Hi, please also keep the mailinglist in the CC so everyone can read this. On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:11:05AM +0200, Thomas Bétous wrote: > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > My initial reaction is that this might be a problem with line endings. Did > > you > > check whether you get any diff when you do a 'git diff' after the clone? > > > > Maybe the variable 'core.autocrlf' is set to 'input' ? Have a look at 'git > > help > > config' > > > When I do a 'git diff' right after the clone, nothing appears. > Moreover my global setting for core.autocrlf is true. (This was configured > on purpose as I work on Windows whereas the repositories are hosted on an > UNIX server.) So I guess the same applies to 'git status'? > Nevertheless when I change core.autocrlf to 'input', the error disappears > and I got the expected behavior for git submodule deinit... > So I guess it is just a configuration problem but I do not understand why > core.autocrlf should be set to 'input' to remove this error. Do you have > any idea? This is indeed strange. That's why I asked whether 'git diff' shows anything. I was suspecting that the .gitmodules is somehow checked out in UNIX format. And the fact that setting core.autocrlf to 'input' seems to fix it supports that. I currently do not have access to a windows machine as the moment to test this. Copying the windows mailing list maybe someone over there can reproduce and help with the issue[1]. Cheers Heiko [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/%3CCAPOqYV+xsrLk7y1hJYHZFY8OfkxVRwPcZBdqhdgrhThqdZysQA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E/