Git will not commit files created by Composer in Drupal

Question

I have installed a Drupal Module using Composer. when I add and commit using Git, the folder is committed, but no contents. Here is the output of git commit

 create mode 160000 modules/contrib/backup_migrate

Here are the permissions on that folder

drwxrwxr-x

When I install the Module using Drush, Git commits the Folder and Contents, no problem. The permissions are identical for Drush and Composer Installs. The output of the Git Commit is:

create mode 100644 modules/contrib/backup_migrate/.gitignore

and lots more following. I have had a good look here on StackOverflow and elsewhere, but no-one seems to be able to solve this particular problem.

I'm not entirely sure what your issue is, but git will *not* commit empty directories. — Matt Messersmith, May 21 '17 at 18:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '17 at 10:17

I have discovered the problem. The directory has plenty of files and folders in it, but it also has a .git repository hidden away thanks to Composer. I removed the .git repository from the module folder and that cured the problem. Clearly you cannot have any Git repos as sub-repos. I can now commit the new module and push to origin.

Git will not commit files created by Composer in Drupal

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