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Re: BUG in fetching non-checked out submodule

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PKPeter Kästle <peter.kaestle@nokia.com>
Date
Dec 3, 2020, 08:20 UTC
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Hi Ralf,
On 03.12.20 08:45, Ralf Thielow wrote:
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> Am Mi., 2. Dez. 2020 um 18:20 Uhr schrieb Philippe Blain
> <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Ok, you don't add '--init' but the submodule gets checked out,
>> so it looks like you have 'submodule.active' set to a pathspec
>> that matches 'sha1collisiondetection'. Did you clone the git repo
>> with '--recurse-submodules', which would add '.' as the value of
>> 'submodule.active' ? Or maybe you manually configured that value
>> in your global gitconfig ?
> 
> Sry, I did not mention that I started with the submodule already
> initialized and checked out. IIRC I deinitialized the submodule with
> 'git submodule deinit -f sha1collisiondetection/' and ran 'git fetch'
> to see if it happens on the git repo, too, since I encountered the
> issue on another repo first.
> 
> I can see the same misbehaviour when I run
> $ git -c submodule.recurse=false fetch --recurse-submodules
> too, so I think it doesn't have necessarily something to do with
> the 'submodule.recursive' config, but with 'recurse submodules'
> in general.

This is interesting. There are several testcases using "--recurse-submodules". Have you tried, whether any of these trigger?

-- 
kind regards
--peter;
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  1. Ralf ThielowDec 2, 2020
  2. Philippe BlainDec 2, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2020
  4. Peter KästleDec 3, 2020
  5. Philippe BlainDec 3, 2020
  6. Peter KästleDec 3, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2020
  8. submodules: fix of regression on fetching of non-init subsub-repoPeter Kaestle, Dec 4, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineDec 4, 2020
  10. Peter KästleDec 7, 2020
  11. Eric SunshineDec 7, 2020
  12. submodules: fix of regression on fetching of non-init subsub-repoPeter Kaestle, Dec 7, 2020
  13. Philippe BlainDec 7, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  15. Peter KästleDec 8, 2020
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  17. Peter KästleDec 8, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  19. Philippe BlainDec 7, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  22. Peter KästleDec 8, 2020
  23. submodules: fix of regression on fetching of non-init subsub-repoPeter Kaestle, Dec 8, 2020
  24. Peter KästleDec 8, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2020
  26. Philippe BlainDec 8, 2020
  27. Peter KästleDec 9, 2020
  28. submodules: fix of regression on fetching of non-init subsub-repoPeter Kaestle, Dec 9, 2020
  29. Philippe BlainDec 9, 2020
  30. Ralf ThielowDec 3, 2020
  31. Peter KästleDec 3, 2020
  32. Ralf ThielowDec 3, 2020
  33. Peter KästleDec 3, 2020
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  35. Peter KästleDec 3, 2020
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