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Thanks for the reviews, both. CI run here: https://github.com/nasamuffin/git/actions/runs/1147984974 - Emily Emily Shaffer (4): t7400-submodule-basic: modernize inspect() helper introduce submodule.superprojectGitDir record submodule: record superproject gitdir during absorbgitdirs submodule: record superproject gitdir during 'update' Documentation/config/submodule.txt | 15 ++++++++++ builtin/submodule--helper.c | 4 +++ git-submodule.sh | 10 +++++++ submodule.c | 10 +++++++ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh | 48 ++++++++++++++---------------- t/t7406-submodule-update.sh | 10 +++++++ t/t7412-submodule-absorbgitdirs.sh | 9 +++++- 7 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) Range-diff against v2: 1: a6718eea80 ! 1: f1236dc9d7 t7400-submodule-basic: modernize inspect() helper @@ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh: test_expect_success 'setup - repository to add submo + git -C "$dir" clean -n -d -x >untracked } -+ test_expect_success 'submodule add' ' - echo "refs/heads/main" >expect && - @@ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh: test_expect_success 'submodule add' ' ) && 2: 4cebe7bcb5 ! 2: 2caf9eb8ee introduce submodule.superprojectGitDir cache @@ Metadata Author: Emily Shaffer ## Commit message ## - introduce submodule.superprojectGitDir cache + introduce submodule.superprojectGitDir record Teach submodules a reference to their superproject's gitdir. This allows us to A) know that we're running from a submodule, and B) have a @@ Commit message superproject directory around on the filesystem without breaking the submodule's cache. - Since this cached value is only introduced during new submodule creation + Since this hint value is only introduced during new submodule creation via `git submodule add`, though, there is more work to do to allow the - cache to be created at other times. + record to be created at other times. + + If the new config is present, we can do some optional value-added + behavior, like letting "git status" print additional info about the + submodule's status in relation to its superproject, or like letting the + superproject and submodule share an additional config file separate from + either one's local config. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer + Helped-by: Junio C Hamano ## Documentation/config/submodule.txt ## @@ Documentation/config/submodule.txt: submodule.alternateErrorStrategy:: @@ Documentation/config/submodule.txt: submodule.alternateErrorStrategy:: clone proceeds as if no alternate was specified. + +submodule.superprojectGitDir:: -+ The relative path from the submodule's worktree to the superproject's -+ gitdir. This config should only be present in projects which are -+ submodules, but is not guaranteed to be present in every submodule. It -+ is set automatically during submodule creation. ++ The relative path from the submodule's worktree to its superproject's ++ gitdir. When Git is run in a repository, it usually makes no difference ++ whether this repository is standalone or a submodule, but if this ++ configuration variable is present, additional behavior may be possible, ++ such as "git status" printing additional information about this ++ submodule's status with respect to its superproject. This config should ++ only be present in projects which are submodules, but is not guaranteed ++ to be present in every submodule, so only optional value-added behavior ++ should be linked to it. It is set automatically during ++ submodule creation. ++ -+ In situations where more than one superproject references the same -+ submodule worktree, the value of this config and the behavior of -+ operations which use it are undefined. To reference a single project -+ from multiple superprojects, it is better to create a worktree of the -+ submodule for each superproject. ++ Because of this configuration variable, it is forbidden to use the ++ same submodule worktree shared by multiple superprojects. ## builtin/submodule--helper.c ## @@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) @@ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh: test_expect_success 'setup - repository to add submo + git -C "$sub_dir" clean -n -d -x >untracked } - + test_expect_success 'submodule add' ' @@ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh: test_expect_success 'submodule add' ' ) && 3: df97a9c2bb ! 3: d278568a8e submodule: cache superproject gitdir during absorbgitdirs @@ Metadata Author: Emily Shaffer ## Commit message ## - submodule: cache superproject gitdir during absorbgitdirs + submodule: record superproject gitdir during absorbgitdirs - Already during 'git submodule add' we cache a pointer to the + Already during 'git submodule add' we record a pointer to the superproject's gitdir. However, this doesn't help brand-new submodules created with 'git init' and later absorbed with 'git submodule absorbgitdir'. Let's start adding that pointer during 'git 4: a3f3be58ad ! 4: 6866c36620 submodule: cache superproject gitdir during 'update' @@ Metadata Author: Emily Shaffer ## Commit message ## - submodule: cache superproject gitdir during 'update' + submodule: record superproject gitdir during 'update' - A cached path to the superproject's gitdir might be added during 'git - submodule add', but in some cases - like submodules which were created - before 'git submodule add' learned to cache that info - it might be - useful to update the cache. Let's do it during 'git submodule update', - when we already have a handle to the superproject while calling + A recorded hint path to the superproject's gitdir might be added during + 'git submodule add', but in some cases - like submodules which were + created before 'git submodule add' learned to record that info - it might + be useful to update the hint. Let's do it during 'git submodule + update', when we already have a handle to the superproject while calling operations on the submodules. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer -- 2.33.0.rc2.250.ged5fa647cd-goog