PlugClean required for manually cloned plugins

[archerindigo]

I usually backup my whole .vim/ and .vimrc to github and pull them to new machines. You can find my repository here. Those 3rd-party plugins I use are set as git sub-modules so they would be cloned from remote along with my repository. However, when I try to update the plugins using PlugUpdate, "PlugClean required" will prompt so I have to clean all my plugins and install them again.

How can I avoid this situation? Is there some point that vim-plug record the status of the plugins such that this error occurs even though the plugins are at the same commit when I backup?

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