Git will not init/sync/update new submodules

Question

Here\'s part of the contents of my .gitmodules file:

[submodule \"src/static_management\"]
        path = src/static_management
        url = gi         


        

Answer 1

For the record:
I created the same issue by adding an empty repository as submodule. In this case, there was no reference hash available for the submodule, leading to the error described by the original poster.

Force-adding the repository after having committed to it solved the issue (as in Arvids post)
git submodule add --force git@my-repo.git destination