git clone containing sub-module project

When a program contains git submodules (submodule), cloned directly down submodule directory is empty.

There are two ways to solve:

method one

If the project has been cloned into a local, perform the following steps:

1. Initialize the local sub-module configuration file
   git submodule init

2. Update project, crawl sub-module content.

   git submodule update

   Method Two

   A simpler way is performed git cloneplus the time --recursiveparameter. It will automatically initialize and update each sub-module. E.g:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/example/example.git

other

About git submodules more, see the official documentation .

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