From a7fa597ad4e3d645df4bbd4a513cc20c7da11c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "athas@60e56fd42a78bbbce444d175865ce4d66ba1a779" <athas@web>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:09:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

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 .../Submodule_.git_not_converted_to_symlink.mdwn    | 13 +++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 doc/forum/Submodule_.git_not_converted_to_symlink.mdwn

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+According to [this page](https://git-annex.branchable.com/submodules/), `git-annex` should automatically convert the `.git` file of submodules into a symlink.  However, I have a repository where on some machines, this doesn't happen.
+
+    $ file .git
+    .git: ASCII text
+
+
+    $ git-annex info
+    git-annex: First run: git-annex init
+
+    $ file .git
+    .git: ASCII text
+
+Even more mysteriously, it works on some *other* checkouts of the repository *on the same machine*.