git submodule init does absolutely nothing

Question

I have a strange problem with \"git submodule init\"

When I added the submodules using \"git submodule add url location\" it cloned the repository just fine and ever

Answer 1

Following worked for me in case of the googletest submodule:

git submodule add --force https://github.com/google/googletest.git googletest

So, you need to manually add submodule (note the --force flag).