git submodule showing up as a file in git status

I added a submodule and when I run git status it shows up as a file

Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

new file: mysubmodule


should I commit this or add it to the .ignore file ?

git submodule add <subrepo URL>

1 Answer
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Whenever there is a new submodule added, git creates a .gitmodules file and file for the submodule that you have added

.gitmodules file stores the project URL and local subdirectory mapping.

[submodule "mysubmodule"]
path = Mysubmodule
url = https://theurl


Although Mysubmodule is a subdirectory in your working directory, Git sees it as a submodule and doesn’t track its contents when you’re not in that directory. Instead, Git sees it as a particular commit from that repository.

So, You will need to commit both the .gitmodules file and the submodule file to git.

Please refer to git documentation for more details.

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