From: "Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>,
Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] submodule: make submodule.<name>.gitdir relative for worktrees
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:03:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f9adc6c85c4b098a0df8cf18783d1969a68fc048.1794484985.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2306.git.1794484985.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>
For a linked worktree, always keep `submodule.<name>.gitdir` relative
to ensure it continues to work when the worktree is moved along with
the main worktree. (This benefit also requires
worktree.useRelativePaths to be set to true.)
Signed-off-by: Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>
---
builtin/submodule--helper.c | 68 +++++++++++++---------
t/t7425-submodule-gitdir-path-extension.sh | 19 ++++++
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 461b682d0d..56d7720e93 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include "wildmatch.h"
#include "strbuf.h"
#include "url.h"
+#include "worktree.h"
#define OPT_QUIET (1 << 0)
#define OPT_CACHED (1 << 1)
@@ -507,50 +508,60 @@ static int validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(struct strbuf *gitdir_path,
static void create_default_gitdir_config(const char *submodule_name)
{
+ struct worktree *wt = get_current_worktree(the_repository);
+ const char *modules_dir;
+ struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf gitdir_path = STRBUF_INIT;
struct git_hash_ctx ctx;
char hex_name_hash[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1], header[128];
unsigned char raw_name_hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
int header_len;
- /* Case 1: try the plain module name */
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/%s", submodule_name);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name)) {
- strbuf_release(&gitdir_path);
- return;
+ modules_dir = worktree_git_path(wt, "modules/");
+ if (is_absolute_path(modules_dir)) {
+ modules_dir = relative_path(modules_dir, wt->path, &tmp);
}
+ /* Case 1: try the plain module name */
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, submodule_name);
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
+
/* Case 2.1: Try URI-safe (RFC3986) encoding first, this fixes nested gitdirs */
strbuf_reset(&gitdir_path);
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/");
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&gitdir_path, submodule_name, is_rfc3986_unreserved);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name)) {
- strbuf_release(&gitdir_path);
- return;
- }
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
/* Case 2.2: Try extended uppercase URI (RFC3986) encoding, to fix case-folding */
strbuf_reset(&gitdir_path);
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/");
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&gitdir_path, submodule_name, is_casefolding_rfc3986_unreserved);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name))
- return;
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
/* Case 2.3: Try some derived gitdir names, see if one sticks */
for (char c = '0'; c <= '9'; c++) {
strbuf_reset(&gitdir_path);
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/");
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&gitdir_path, submodule_name, is_rfc3986_unreserved);
strbuf_addch(&gitdir_path, c);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name))
- return;
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
strbuf_reset(&gitdir_path);
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/");
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&gitdir_path, submodule_name, is_casefolding_rfc3986_unreserved);
strbuf_addch(&gitdir_path, c);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name))
- return;
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
}
/* Case 2.4: If all the above failed, try a hash of the name as a last resort */
@@ -563,17 +574,22 @@ static void create_default_gitdir_config(const char *submodule_name)
git_hash_final(raw_name_hash, &ctx);
hash_to_hex_algop_r(hex_name_hash, raw_name_hash, the_hash_algo);
strbuf_reset(&gitdir_path);
- repo_git_path_append(the_repository, &gitdir_path, "modules/%s", hex_name_hash);
- if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path, submodule_name)) {
- strbuf_release(&gitdir_path);
- return;
- }
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, modules_dir);
+ strbuf_addstr(&gitdir_path, hex_name_hash);
+ if (!validate_and_set_submodule_gitdir(&gitdir_path,
+ submodule_name))
+ goto cleanup;
/* Case 3: nothing worked, error out */
die(_("failed to set a valid default config for 'submodule.%s.gitdir'. "
"Please ensure it is set, for example by running something like: "
- "'git config submodule.%s.gitdir .git/modules/%s'"),
- submodule_name, submodule_name, submodule_name);
+ "'git config submodule.%s.gitdir %s%s'"),
+ submodule_name, submodule_name, modules_dir, submodule_name);
+
+cleanup:
+ strbuf_release(&gitdir_path);
+ strbuf_release(&tmp);
+ free_worktree(wt);
}
static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
diff --git a/t/t7425-submodule-gitdir-path-extension.sh b/t/t7425-submodule-gitdir-path-extension.sh
index ea86ecf7ee..02123b8468 100755
--- a/t/t7425-submodule-gitdir-path-extension.sh
+++ b/t/t7425-submodule-gitdir-path-extension.sh
@@ -279,6 +279,25 @@ test_expect_success '`git clone --recurse-submodules` respects init.defaultSubmo
)
'
+test_expect_success 'git submodule init make gitdir relative' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo-clone-init-wt" &&
+ git clone upstream repo-clone-init-wt &&
+ (
+ cd repo-clone-init-wt &&
+ git config core.repositoryformatversion 1 &&
+ git config extensions.submodulePathConfig true &&
+ git worktree add wt &&
+ cd wt &&
+ git submodule init &&
+ git config submodule.sub1.gitdir >actual &&
+ echo "../.git/worktrees/wt/modules/sub1" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ git config submodule.sub2.gitdir >actual &&
+ echo "../.git/worktrees/wt/modules/sub2" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'submodule--helper migrates legacy modules' '
(
cd upstream &&
--
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