Trouble deploying from GitHub

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Hi everybody! I just signed up and failed to deploy Netlify App from my GitHub. The error log is as follows:

5:28:11 PM: build-image version: 91488c6c0412f5c1c00fb34eff5c1fc41a32bce9 (focal)

5:28:11 PM: buildbot version: 91488c6c0412f5c1c00fb34eff5c1fc41a32bce9

5:28:11 PM: Fetching cached dependencies

5:28:11 PM: Failed to fetch cache, continuing with build

5:28:11 PM: Starting to prepare the repo for build

5:28:11 PM: No cached dependencies found. Cloning fresh repo

5:28:11 PM: git clone --filter=blob:none GitHub - seanevanlee/ReactPortfolioTemplate: Portfolio template for developers, build in React.

5:28:12 PM: Preparing Git Reference refs/heads/master

5:28:12 PM: Error checking out submodules:

5:28:12 PM: Failing build: Failed to prepare repo

5:28:12 PM: Failed during stage ‘preparing repo’: Error checking out submodules: : fatal: No url found for submodule path ‘seanevanlee’ in .gitmodules
: exit status 128

5:28:13 PM: Finished processing build request in 1.411s

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@bagelwrangler The error mentions a submodule, have you read the submodule specific documentation?

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I read through your docs, but it’s all foreign to me. I don’t really understand what to do next.

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@bagelwrangler It’s not my documentation, as I don’t work for Netlify.

If you’re on a regular plan they’re considered to be “self service” so it’s up to you to understand and debug your own project.

In this case, since the issue is submodule related, if you can’t figure out how to work with it, perhaps you could try not using a submodule. E.g. Reduce the complexity until things start working.