Thank You. This is interesting. There seems to be also a config option submodule.recurse. I did not know that these options have such an effect on the checkout command. Best Regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Beller [mailto:sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 6:53 PM To: Mike Friedrich <mfriedrich@xxxxxxx> Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: removed submodules shown as untracked when switching branches On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Mike Friedrich <mfriedrich@xxxxxxx> wrote: > git submodule add ../submodule sub > git add sub > git commit -m "submodule added" > > git checkout master The original behavior of checkout is to ignore submodules, hence it will be left alone. Can you retry this recipe with --recurse-submodules given to checkout. (Or rather run "git config submodule.recurse true" once) Thanks, Stefan ________________________________ This email is non-binding, is subject to contract, and neither Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. nor its subsidiaries (each and collectively “K&S”) shall have any obligation to you to consummate the transactions herein or to enter into any agreement, other than in accordance with the terms and conditions of a definitive agreement if and when negotiated, finalized and executed between the parties. This email and all its contents are protected by International and United States copyright laws. Any reproduction or use of all or any part of this email without the express written consent of K&S is prohibited.