# Trouble deploying from GitHub

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** deployment\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481 "2023-04-19T00:38:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![bagelwrangler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@bagelwrangler](https://answers.netlify.com/u/bagelwrangler)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481/1 "2023-04-19T00:38:06Z")

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Hi everybody! I just signed up and failed to deploy [Netlify App](https://app.netlify.com/sites/teal-truffle-49a443/overview) 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.](https://github.com/seanevanlee/ReactPortfolioTemplate)

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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**Author:** ![nathanmartin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/nathanmartin/32/30845_2.png) [@nathanmartin](https://answers.netlify.com/u/nathanmartin)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481/2 "2023-04-19T04:40:35Z")

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

> **[Repository permissions and linking](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/repo-permissions-linking/#git-submodules)**
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> Learn how to give our platform permission to access repository code, how to link a site to a repository, and how to access other repositories at build.

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**Author:** ![bagelwrangler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@bagelwrangler](https://answers.netlify.com/u/bagelwrangler)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481/3 "2023-04-19T05:00:39Z")

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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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**Author:** ![nathanmartin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/nathanmartin/32/30845_2.png) [@nathanmartin](https://answers.netlify.com/u/nathanmartin)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/trouble-deploying-from-github/90481/4 "2023-04-19T05:09:58Z")

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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.