Git will not init/sync/update new submodules

Question

Here\'s part of the contents of my .gitmodules file:

[submodule \"src/static_management\"]
        path = src/static_management
        url = gi         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem today and figured out that because I typed git submodule init then I had those line in my .git/config:

[submodule]
   active = .

I removed that and typed:

git submodule update --init --remote

And everything was back to normal, my submodule updated in its subdirectory as usual.