From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad King Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Support relative .git file in a submodule Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:36:46 -0500 Message-ID: <1262990208-15554-1-git-send-email-brad.king@kitware.com> Cc: Junio C Hamano , Lars Hjemli To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jan 08 23:46:09 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NTNao-0004Mp-QD for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:46:07 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754158Ab0AHWqB (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:46:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754132Ab0AHWqA (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:46:00 -0500 Received: from public.kitware.com ([66.194.253.19]:44062 "EHLO public.kitware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754014Ab0AHWp7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:45:59 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 550 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:45:59 EST Received: by public.kitware.com (Postfix, from userid 5001) id 1C28817DCC; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:27:37 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on public.kitware.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=2.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, FH_DATE_PAST_20XX autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Received: from hythloth (hythloth.kitwarein.com [192.168.30.5]) by public.kitware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 991CD17DBA; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:27:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by hythloth (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8F324CFFE9; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:36:48 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.5 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: While experimenting with submodules I discovered that if a submodule has a .git file "symlink" with a relative path to the real submodule repository then it cannot be added to the superproject: $ git init $ mkdir sub $ cd sub $ git init $ mv .git .real $ echo 'gitdir: .real' > .git $ echo a > a $ git add a $ git commit -m a $ cd .. $ git add sub fatal: Not a git repository: .real This patch series adds a test demonstrating the problem, and then fixes it. Brad King (2): Test update-index for a gitlink to a .git file Handle relative paths in submodule .git files setup.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100755 t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh