Use 'git submodule--helper config --stage' in git-submodule.sh to remove the last place where the .gitmodules file is mentioned explicitly by its file path. Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ao2@xxxxxx> --- git-submodule.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh index 0286b029f..61e62ef17 100755 --- a/git-submodule.sh +++ b/git-submodule.sh @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ or you are unsure what this means choose another name with the '--name' option." then git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch" fi && - git add --force .gitmodules || + git submodule--helper config --stage || die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")" # NEEDSWORK: In a multi-working-tree world, this needs to be -- 2.17.0