BitBucket - submodule not download when using git clone

Question

I'm a new user of Bitbucket and also new with Git. In my project repository I use modules which are in separate folders. But some of this folders are not clickable, they only show the name with an arrow + number.
Who can explain me what this means?

I understood that this is submodules, but when I use git clone to another folder in my computer its not downloaded. what am I doing wrong?

Possible duplicate of How to git clone including submodules? (answer: git clone --recursive) — coredump
– coredump, Commented Jun 3, 2015 at 7:34

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:05:58Z

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It means the submodule references a SHA1 of another repo. That is the SHA1 you see after the arrow.
This is a special entry in the index, called gitlink.

You can see those in the question "Bitbucket submodules wont delete".

example

When you clone a repo with submodule, you need to add:

git submodule update --init

Then you would see the content of the submodule, as a detached HEAD.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:05

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