No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path

Question

When I run

git submodule update
No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path \'Classes/lib/AFKissXMLRequestOperation\'

But I have no

Answer 1

check that you have the proper setting in .git/modules as well. Since a few versions ago, git adds an entry there.

Also, the tree probably has a commit object at that path. To get rid of it you can

git rm --cached Classes/lib/AFKissXMLRequestOperation

that should get rid of it once and for all.