Re: [PATCHv2 3/5] submodule--helper clone: remove double path checking

[Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
> submodule--helper clone: remove double path checking

I think Junio mentioned in v1 that calling this "path checking" is misleading.

> We make sure that the parent directory of path exists (or create it
> otherwise) and then do the same for path + "/.git".
>
> That is equivalent to just making sure that the parent directory of
> path + "/.git" exists (or create it otherwise).

This part of the commit message is nicely improved.

The patch itself looks fine.

> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> @@ -215,11 +215,7 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>         }
>
>         /* Write a .git file in the submodule to redirect to the superproject. */
> -       if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(path) < 0)
> -               die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), path);
> -
>         strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", path);
> -
>         if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(sb.buf) < 0)
>                 die(_("could not create leading directories of '%s'"), sb.buf);
>         submodule_dot_git = fopen(sb.buf, "w");
> --
> 2.5.0.264.g39f00fe