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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:52:06+00:00

I cloned repository A to repository B using git clone . /somedirectory/b.git . Later

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I cloned repository A to repository B using git clone . /somedirectory/b.git . Later on, I decided to submodule repository C in B git submodule add /path/to/c.git c_in_b. So how do i push back this addition of submodule to A?

Tried using git push but have the following error

remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master
remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository
remote: error: is denied, because it will make the index and work tree inconsistent
remote: error: with what you pushed, and will require 'git reset --hard' to match
remote: error: the work tree to HEAD.
remote: error: 
remote: error: You can set 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable t
remote: error: 'ignore' or 'warn' in the remote repository to allow pushing int
remote: error: its current branch; however, this is not recommended unless you
remote: error: arranged to update its work tree to match what you pushed in som
remote: error: other way.
remote: error: 
remote: error: To squelch this message and still keep the default behaviour, se
remote: error: 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable to 'refuse'.
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  1. Editorial Team

    This is the genereal behaviour of git, even when submodules are not in the picture. You are pushing to a repo ( A ) which is a “working repository” or “non-bare” and git by default doesn’t allow you to do that and the error message you see shows the reasons and workaround for it.

    In your case, I think you can update the config in A ( set receive.denyCurrentBranch as warn or ignore ) as the error suggest or just checkout another branch on A and then push from B. For long term use, use a bare repo for pushing.

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