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From: Ricardo Abreu <ricardolafabreu@gmail.com>
To: scott@tannewt.org
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Submodule update fetching with outer repo's default branch
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:32:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231128183253.134480-1-ricardolafabreu@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <111c2777-6fd4-45ab-8418-9d064999661c@app.fastmail.com>

I have the same problem. Here is a generic recipe to reproduce, assuming a repository X with a submodule Y (set with an `https` URL):

1. `git clone ... X`
2. `cd X`
3. `git submodule sync`
4. `git submodule update --init --recursive`
5. `git remote rename origin remotex` # rename the remote in X, not Y
6. Elsewhere, add a new commit to Y and create a branch "update-y" in X, pointing the submodule to that commit. Suppose the hash of the new commit in Y is `abc1abc`.
7. `git fetch remotex`
8. `git checkout update-y`
9. `git submodule sync`
10. `GIT_TRACE=1 git submodule update --init --recursive`
  - observe: 
    * the command in the last trace message to be `git fetch remotex abc1abc` (should be `git fetch origin abc1abc`, because that is still the name of the submodule's remote)
    * the wrong error message complaining about 'file' protocol (which isn't involved anywhere)


      reply	other threads:[~2023-11-28 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-28 23:57 Submodule update fetching with outer repo's default branch Scott Shawcroft
2023-11-28 18:32 ` Ricardo Abreu [this message]

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