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Asked: 2026-06-10T01:26:43+00:00

I am trying to start using git with my project. I had (in the

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I am trying to start using git with my project.

I had (in the past) cloned RestKit to my project for use (I think that as a submodule but I am not sure. Now everything is working great and 99% of my files are tracked and pushed to Github.

When I try to add RestKit/ to my repository I get this error:

shanis-imac:shannoga-English-Club shannoga$ git add RestKit/
fatal: Not a git repository: /Users/shannoga/github/shannoga-English-Club/.git/modules/RestKit

Now I can guess that I am not spoused to push rest kit but somehow to relate it to my repository?

  1. Am I right?
  2. What does the error mean
  3. What is the way to do that?

Thanks, Shani

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  1. Editorial Team

    If ResKit is already declared as a submodule in your current GitHub project, you shouldn’t have to clone it / add it directly (not git add should be involved).

    Following Git Tools – Submodules, you should:

    git submodule init
git submodule update

    That will fetch all the data from that project and check out the appropriate commit listed in your superproject.

    A git clone --recursive of your main project would have included this step for you: see “How do I get git clone --recursive to recreate submodules’ remotes and branches?“, and don’t forget, as explained in that last SO question, that the submodules are checked out in a detached HEAD mode.

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