git config_error ai_generated true

fatal: No url found for submodule path 'X' in .gitmodules

ID: git/submodule-no-url

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88%Fix Rate

86%Confidence

1Evidence

2024-01-12First Seen

Version Compatibility

Version	Status	Introduced	Deprecated	Notes
git 2.34.0	active	—	—	—
git 2.40.0	active	—	—	—
git 2.46.0	active	—	—	—

Root Cause

A submodule is defined in .gitmodules but its URL is missing or malformed, causing clone and update operations to fail.

generic

中文

.gitmodules 中定义了子模块，但其 URL 缺失或格式错误，导致克隆和更新操作失败。

Official Documentation

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule

Workarounds

90% success Edit .gitmodules to add the correct URL: 'git config -f .gitmodules submodule.X.url https://github.com/user/repo.git', then run 'git submodule sync' and 'git submodule update --init'.
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Edit .gitmodules to add the correct URL: 'git config -f .gitmodules submodule.X.url https://github.com/user/repo.git', then run 'git submodule sync' and 'git submodule update --init'.
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85% success Remove the submodule entry from .gitmodules and .git/config, then re-add it with 'git submodule add <url> <path>'.
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Remove the submodule entry from .gitmodules and .git/config, then re-add it with 'git submodule add <url> <path>'.
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中文步骤

Edit .gitmodules to add the correct URL: 'git config -f .gitmodules submodule.X.url https://github.com/user/repo.git', then run 'git submodule sync' and 'git submodule update --init'.

Remove the submodule entry from .gitmodules and .git/config, then re-add it with 'git submodule add <url> <path>'.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

95% fail
Running 'git submodule update --init --recursive' will still fail if URL is missing.
80% fail
Deleting the submodule directory and re-adding it without fixing .gitmodules will not help.