Git submodules are being -dirty?

Question

I just cloned a repository as a submodule into one of my projects. Al is well and working, but all of a sudden i get this message when I do git status;

# Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules) # # modified: wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields (untracked content ) #

And if I do git diff I get the following:

-Subproject commit 486e51db9b6ce49114c897ed1893a208d2289a29 +Subproject commit 486e51db9b6ce49114c897ed1893a208d2289a29-dirty

What is worrying is the -dirty change. What does it mean? How do I fix it? I havent made any changes to the repository. But Dreamweaver may have added stupid _notes folders to it. I have tried to delete them but still have same problem. Is this what is causing it to be dirty?

If I try and do a git add -A it still says I have untracked content.

Any ideas?

Woodrow Douglass · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11 13:11:51Z

the -dirty suffix means the submodule has changed. do this:

cd wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields

then

git status

and you'll see what changes are causing your submodule to be dirty.

lejahmie · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11 13:14:01Z

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Problem was as I suspected that Dreamweaver created its *_notes* folders. I found out how to disable this via http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-1671

Just as @Woodrow Douglass mentions, I needed to check my submodule folder to see what was changed. And the changes was loads of *_notes* folders created.

answered Feb 11, 2013 at 13:14

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eis Over a year ago

you didn't mention anything about dreamweaver, so I think the answer given by @woodrow-douglass is the correct one to the question posed, and this should be really a comment to that answer. :)

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Over a year ago

You can tell git to ignore the generated files - this should help.

lejahmie Over a year ago

@eis I did mention Dreamweaver :) But Dreamweaver may have added stupid _notes folders to...

ogzd · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11 13:09:39Z

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try git add wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields

answered Feb 11, 2013 at 13:09

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