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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="yarikoptic"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/f11e9c84cb18d26a1748c33b48c924b4"
+ subject="comment 7"
+ date="2018-03-23T15:58:15Z"
+ content="""
+I think it is fixed now, either by git or git-annex . Here is my full protocol to reproduce (needed to adjust paths etc):
+[[!format sh \"\"\"
+$> mkdir some ; cd some; git init
+Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/some/.git/
+1 9949.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:55:02 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some[master]
+$> git submodule add /src/somegitrepo sub_lvl1
+
+fatal: repository '/src/somegitrepo' does not exist
+fatal: clone of '/src/somegitrepo' into submodule path '/tmp/some/sub_lvl1' failed
+1 9950 ->128.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:55:13 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some[master]
+$> git clone http://datasets.datalad.org/.git /tmp/somegitrepo      
+Cloning into '/tmp/somegitrepo'...
+1 9951.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:55:57 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some[master]git
+$> git submodule add /tmp/src/somegitrepo sub_lvl1                
+fatal: repository '/tmp/src/somegitrepo' does not exist
+fatal: clone of '/tmp/src/somegitrepo' into submodule path '/tmp/some/sub_lvl1' failed
+1 9952 ->128.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:56:12 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some[master]git
+$> git submodule add /tmp/somegitrepo sub_lvl1    
+Cloning into '/tmp/some/sub_lvl1'...
+done.
+cached/staged changes:                                                                                          
+ .gitmodules | 3 +++
+ sub_lvl1    | 1 +
+1 9953.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:56:18 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some[master]git
+$> cd sub_lvl1 
+abide/   adhd200/  crcns/            dbic/   dicoms/  indi/    labs/        nidm/      workshops/
+abide2/  corr/     datapackage.json  devel/  hbnssi/  kaggle/  neurovault/  openfmri/
+1 9954.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:56:24 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some/sub_lvl1[master]git
+$> git annex init
+init  ok
+(recording state in git...)
+1 9955.....................................:Fri 23 Mar 2018 11:56:27 EDT:.
+(git)hopa:/tmp/some/sub_lvl1[master]git
+$> git submodule add /tmp/somegitrepo sub_lvl2
+Cloning into '/tmp/some/sub_lvl1/sub_lvl2'...
+done.
+\"\"\"]]
+"""]]