angular - Git how to add submodule without a url?

Question

I want to add my angular folder as a submodule to my main directory. The angular folder is initizlied as a git repository. Also, the angular folder is a local folder with no url, existing only on my windows machine.

First, I successfully initiated git init from within my main repo. Then, I added folder1 successfully with

git add folder1

But, when I try

git submodule add .angular.git

or

git submodule add .angular

I get the error "repo URL: '.frontend.git' must be absolute or begin with ./|../"

main repo
│
└───folder1
│   
└───angular

How can I add submodule angular to my main repo directory?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65948612/git-how-to-add-submodule-without-a-url

Answer 1

As clmno mentioned, filepath was the problem. Flipping the slashes worked.

git submodule add ./angular/.git/

Apparently had to do with windows using backslashes and unix systems using forwardslashes.