Why does git say a sub project is dirty if I do not have any sub-modules in my repository?

Question

Its a new git repository and all I've done is added a whole lot of code to it. However, it tells me:

+Subproject commit 62402f4a7e3aa34a5f22532c8c699836b7ae4967-dirty

Based on this question, this seems to imply that this has something to do with sub modules and is to be expected if you have sub modules.

However, I do not have any. Why am I getting this message and how do I get of it?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '12 at 01:29

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Make sure there aren't some unintended .git folders in subdirectories of your repo.

answered Feb 01 '12 at 01:29

manojlds

Thank you! That was it. I deleted the .git folder and my working directory is now clean. – Carl Feb 01 '12 at 01:35
@carleeto you do mean .git from a subdirectory and not root right? – manojlds Feb 01 '12 at 01:36
I would, if the site would let me. Apparently, I need to wait 6 minutes :) – Carl Feb 01 '12 at 01:38
Yeah. The .git folder inside the subdirectory. – Carl Feb 01 '12 at 01:50

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