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[PATCH 4/5] git-submodule: prepare for the .git-file

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LHLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2008, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID
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When git-submodule tries to detect 'active' submodules, it checks for the existence of a directory named '.git'. This isn't good enough now that .git can be a file pointing to the real $GIT_DIR so the tests are changed to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
---
 git-submodule.sh |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index a6aaf40..e7c08b5 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ cmd_update()
 			continue
 		fi
 
-		if ! test -d "$path"/.git
+		if ! test -d "$path"/.git -o -f "$path"/.git
 		then
 			module_clone "$path" "$url" || exit
 			subsha1=
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ cmd_status()
 	do
 		name=$(module_name "$path") || exit
 		url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
-		if test -z "url" || ! test -d "$path"/.git
+		if test -z "url" || ! test -d "$path"/.git -o -f "$path"/.git
 		then
 			say "-$sha1 $path"
 			continue;
-- 
1.5.4.1.188.gdfa6c
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Message 5 of 17 in “Intoducing the .git file (again)”
  1. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  2. 1/5 Add platform-independent .git "symlink"Lars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  3. 2/5 Fix setup of $GIT_DIR in git-sh-setup.shLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  4. 3/5 Teach resolve_gitlink_ref() about the .git fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  5. 4/5 git-submodule: prepare for the .git-fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  6. 5/5 Teach GIT-VERSION-GEN about the .git fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2008
  8. Lars HjemliFeb 18, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  10. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  11. 1/5 Add platform-independent .git "symlink"Lars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2008
  13. Lars HjemliFeb 18, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinFeb 18, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  16. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008

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