From: William Hatfield <whatfield.git@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: glencbz@gmail.com, avarab@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com,
ps@pks.im, William Hatfield <whatfield.git@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] submodule: teach and plumb append-superproject behavior
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:43:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260131214309.1899376-4-whatfield.git@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260131214309.1899376-1-whatfield.git@gmail.com>
Add --append-superproject flag to 'git submodule foreach' that runs the
command in the superproject after processing all submodules. This is
only executed at the top-level invocation, not during recursion.
The superproject execution sets the same environment variables as for
submodules (name, sm_path, displaypath, sha1, toplevel) so scripts
using these variables work uniformly. The '../<name>' displaypath
mirrors submodule output style and visually indicates ascent to the
parent repository.
When combined with --recursive and --reverse-traversal, this enables
full post-order traversal from deepest submodules up to the
superproject.
Implementation:
- Add append_superproject field to struct foreach_cb
- Parse --append-superproject in module_foreach() and git-submodule.sh
- Add superproject execution block after submodule traversal
- Only run at top-level (when super_prefix is not set)
Signed-off-by: William Hatfield <whatfield.git@gmail.com>
---
builtin/submodule--helper.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
git-submodule.sh | 4 ++++
t/t7425-submodule-reversion.sh | 29 +++++++----------------------
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index b1e202399e..f6cba87a05 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ struct foreach_cb {
int quiet;
int recursive;
int reverse_traversal;
+ int append_superproject;
};
#define FOREACH_CB_INIT { 0 }
@@ -438,10 +439,12 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
N_("recurse into nested submodules")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "reverse-traversal", &info.reverse_traversal,
N_("traverse submodules in reverse order (post-order)")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "append-superproject", &info.append_superproject,
+ N_("also run command in superproject after submodules")),
OPT_END()
};
const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
- N_("git submodule foreach [--quiet] [--recursive] [--reverse-traversal] [--] <command>"),
+ N_("git submodule foreach [--quiet] [--recursive] [--reverse-traversal] [--append-superproject] [--] <command>"),
NULL
};
int ret = 1;
@@ -459,6 +462,32 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
for_each_listed_submodule(&list, runcommand_in_submodule_cb, &info,
info.reverse_traversal);
+ /*
+ * Run command in superproject after all submodules, but only at the
+ * top-level invocation (not during recursion into nested submodules).
+ */
+ if (info.append_superproject && !info.super_prefix) {
+ struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+ char *toplevel = xgetcwd();
+ const char *slash = find_last_dir_sep(toplevel);
+ const char *super_name = slash ? slash + 1 : toplevel;
+ char *displaypath = xstrfmt("../%s", super_name);
+
+ cp.use_shell = 1;
+ cp.dir = toplevel;
+ strvec_pushf(&cp.env, "displaypath=%s", displaypath);
+ strvec_pushv(&cp.args, info.argv);
+
+ if (!info.quiet)
+ printf(_("Entering '%s'\n"), displaypath);
+
+ if (run_command(&cp))
+ die(_("command failed in superproject\n"));
+
+ free(displaypath);
+ free(toplevel);
+ }
+
ret = 0;
cleanup:
module_list_release(&list);
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 49e9541a3d..58682a287d 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ cmd_foreach()
--reverse-traversal)
reverse_traversal=$1
;;
+ --append-superproject)
+ append_superproject=$1
+ ;;
-*)
usage
;;
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@ cmd_foreach()
$quiet \
$recursive \
$reverse_traversal \
+ $append_superproject \
-- \
"$@"
}
diff --git a/t/t7425-submodule-reversion.sh b/t/t7425-submodule-reversion.sh
index c6733234aa..7a6a54de15 100755
--- a/t/t7425-submodule-reversion.sh
+++ b/t/t7425-submodule-reversion.sh
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_failure '--recursive and --append-superproject parses' '
+test_expect_success '--recursive and --append-superproject parses' '
(
cd reversive/top &&
git submodule foreach --recursive --append-superproject "true"
)
'
-test_expect_failure '--recursive and --append-superproject runs' '
+test_expect_success '--recursive and --append-superproject runs' '
(
cd reversive/top &&
git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive \
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_failure '--reverse-traversal and --append-superproject parses' '
+test_expect_success '--reverse-traversal and --append-superproject parses' '
(
cd reversive/top &&
git submodule foreach \
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ test_expect_failure '--reverse-traversal and --append-superproject parses' '
)
'
-test_expect_failure '--reverse-traversal and --append-superproject runs' '
+test_expect_success '--reverse-traversal and --append-superproject runs' '
(
cd reversive/top &&
git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive \
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ test_expect_failure '--reversive stops on command failure' '
)
'
-test_expect_failure '--append-superproject with no submodules runs only superproject' '
+test_expect_success '--append-superproject with no submodules runs only superproject' '
test_create_repo empty_repo &&
(
cd empty_repo &&
@@ -285,22 +285,7 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_failure '--append-superproject sets all expected variables' '
- (
- cd reversive/top &&
- git submodule --quiet foreach --append-superproject \
- "echo name=\$name path=\$path displaypath=\$displaypath" |
- tail -n 1
- ) >actual &&
-
- cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-name=top path=../top displaypath=../top
-EOF
-
- test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
-test_expect_failure '--append-superproject from nested submodule appends correct superproject' '
+test_expect_success '--append-superproject from nested submodule appends correct superproject' '
(
cd reversive/top/sub6 &&
git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive --append-superproject \
@@ -317,7 +302,7 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_failure '--quiet suppresses Entering message for superproject' '
+test_expect_success '--quiet suppresses Entering message for superproject' '
(
cd reversive/top &&
git submodule foreach --quiet --append-superproject "true"
--
2.53.0-rc0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-31 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-31 21:43 [PATCH 0/5] submodule: add 'reversive' traversal options to foreach William Hatfield
2026-01-31 21:43 ` [PATCH 1/5] t7425: add tests for reversive submodule traversal William Hatfield
2026-01-31 21:43 ` [PATCH 2/5] submodule: teach and plumb reverse-traversal behavior William Hatfield
2026-01-31 21:43 ` William Hatfield [this message]
2026-01-31 21:43 ` [PATCH 4/5] submodule: introduce reversive shorthand mode William Hatfield
2026-01-31 21:43 ` [PATCH 5/5] doc: document reversive traversal and related modes William Hatfield
2026-02-01 9:03 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-02-02 21:10 ` William Hatfield
2026-02-02 18:52 ` [PATCH 0/5] submodule: add 'reversive' traversal options to foreach Junio C Hamano
2026-02-02 21:02 ` William Hatfield
2026-02-02 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
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