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[PATCH 1/2 (v2)] submodule: no [--merge|--rebase] when newly cloned

From
Spencer E. Olson <olsonse@umich.edu>
Date
Feb 17, 2011, 16:18 UTC
Message-ID
<1297959526-8089-1-git-send-email-olsonse@umich.edu>

Previously, when a new submodule is cloned by running "git submodule update [--merge|--rebase]", the newly cloned submodule does not get checked out and a rebase or merge is incorrectly attempted against an empty working directory. This patch ignores --rebase or --merge for new submodules and instead simply checks out the appropriate revision.

Signed-off-by: Spencer E. Olson <olsonse@umich.edu>
---
 git-submodule.sh |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 8b90589..7724885 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -365,6 +365,19 @@ cmd_init()
 }
 
 #
+# Test whether an element of the ';' separated list $2 matches $1
+#
+list_contains()
+{
+	case "$2;" in
+	*";$1;"*)
+		: yes ;;
+	*)
+		! : no ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+#
 # Update each submodule path to correct revision, using clone and checkout as needed
 #
 # $@ = requested paths (default to all)
@@ -423,6 +436,7 @@ cmd_update()
 		cmd_init "--" "$@" || return
 	fi
 
+	cloned_modules=
 	module_list "$@" |
 	while read mode sha1 stage path
 	do
@@ -442,6 +456,7 @@ cmd_update()
 		if ! test -d "$path"/.git -o -f "$path"/.git
 		then
 			module_clone "$path" "$url" "$reference"|| exit
+			cloned_modules="$cloned_modules;$name"
 			subsha1=
 		else
 			subsha1=$(clear_local_git_env; cd "$path" &&
@@ -469,6 +484,12 @@ cmd_update()
 				die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
 			fi
 
+			list_contains "$name" "$cloned_modules"
+			if test "$?" = 0
+			then
+				update_module=
+			fi
+
 			case "$update_module" in
 			rebase)
 				command="git rebase"
-- 
1.7.4.1.42.g43f9f
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