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I've changed some database settings in a project and can't commit the DB file. It doesn't even show up as modified. This codebase is copied from another Craft site I built, which a new repository was created for. It is running Craft CMS 2.6.2903.

$ git add craft/config/db.php fatal: Pathspec 'craft/config/db.php' is in submodule 'craft/config' fatal: no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path 'craft/config'

There's no .gitmodules file in the repo (or in any of my other Craft sites) and it doesn't make sense for the DB file or the other config files to be in a submodule.

I'm really confused now as I can't even find a relevant reference to that submodule in the .git folder.

grep -ro "craft/config" . Binary file ./index matches

Given I can't find it I'm not sure what to do next.

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  • Hi James... Despite the fact that you're using Craft, this is very much a git question. Craft itself doesn't contain anything git related by default. For that reason, we'll migrate this to Stack Overflow. Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 3:45
  • Hi Lindsey. Quite right. Thanks for that. Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 4:13
  • Is there a .git file in craft/config/? Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 5:50

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It is possible that craft/config folder is actually a gitlink (special entry in the index recording a SHA1 for a submodule)

Check the output of git ls-tree HEAD craft/config (no trailing /)

The fix is simple git rm --cached craft/config (again: no trailing /)

Then you can add again craft/config.

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