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[PATCH 03/15] submodule add: label submodules if asked to

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2016, 20:50 UTC
Message-ID
<1461703833-10350-4-git-send-email-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
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When adding new submodules, you can specify the label(s) the submodule belongs to by giving one or more --label arguments. This will record each label in the .gitmodules file as a value of the key "submodule.$NAME.label".

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt |  5 ++++-
 git-submodule.sh                | 14 +++++++++++++-
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 8c4bbe2..349ead8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [-l|--label <label>]
 	      [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept
 together in the same relative location, and only the
 superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
 locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
++
+If at least one label argument was given, all labels are recorded in the
+.gitmodules file in the label fields.
 
 status::
 	Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 82e95a9..d7a5e1a 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
 
 dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
-USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [-l|--label <label>][--] <repository> [<path>]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ cmd_add()
 {
 	# parse $args after "submodule ... add".
 	reference_path=
+	labels=
 	while test $# -ne 0
 	do
 		case "$1" in
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ cmd_add()
 		--depth=*)
 			depth=$1
 			;;
+		-l|--label)
+			labels="${labels} $2"
+			shift
+			;;
+		--label=*)
+			labels="${labels} ${1#--label=}"
+			;;
 		--)
 			shift
 			break
@@ -292,6 +300,10 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
 
 	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
 	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
+	for label in $labels
+	do
+		git config --add -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".label "${label}"
+	done &&
 	if test -n "$branch"
 	then
 		git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index f99f674..e9d1d58 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule with UTF-8 name' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'submodule add clone shallow submodule' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super" &&
 	mkdir super &&
 	pwd=$(pwd) &&
 	(
@@ -1078,5 +1079,36 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule helper list is not confused by common prefixes' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule add records a label' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super" &&
+	mkdir super &&
+	pwd=$(pwd) &&
+	(
+		cd super &&
+		git init &&
+		git submodule add --label labelA file://"$pwd"/example2 submodule &&
+		git config -f .gitmodules submodule."submodule".label >actual &&
+		echo labelA >expected &&
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
+cat >expected <<-EOF
+labelA
+labelB
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule add records multiple labels' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf super" &&
+	mkdir super &&
+	pwd=$(pwd) &&
+	(
+		cd super &&
+		git init &&
+		git submodule add --label=labelA -l labelB file://"$pwd"/example2 submodule &&
+		git config --get-all -f .gitmodules submodule."submodule".label >../actual
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
 
 test_done
-- 
2.8.0.41.g8d9aeb3
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  3. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
  4. Stefan BellerApr 27, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2016
  6. Stefan BellerApr 27, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2016
  8. Stefan BellerApr 27, 2016
  9. 02/15 submodule doc: write down what we want to achieve in this seriesStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
  11. 03/15 submodule add: label submodules if asked toStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
  13. Jacob KellerApr 26, 2016
  14. Stefan BellerApr 26, 2016
  15. Jacob KellerApr 27, 2016
  16. 04/15 submodule-config: keep labels aroundStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  17. 05/15 submodule-config: check if submodule a submodule is in a groupStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
  20. Stefan BellerApr 27, 2016
  21. 06/15 submodule init: redirect stdout to stderrStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2016
  23. Stefan BellerApr 29, 2016
  24. 07/15 submodule deinit: loose requirement for giving '.'Stefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2016
  26. 08/15 submodule--helper list: respect submodule groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2016
  28. 09/15 submodule--helper init: respect submodule groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  29. 10/15 submodule--helper update_clone: respect submodule groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  30. 11/15 diff: ignore submodules excluded by groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2016
  32. Stefan BellerApr 29, 2016
  33. Stefan BellerMay 5, 2016
  34. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2016
  35. Stefan BellerMay 5, 2016
  36. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2016
  37. Stefan BellerMay 5, 2016
  38. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2016
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2016
  40. Stefan BellerMay 6, 2016
  41. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2016
  42. 12/15 git submodule summary respects groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  43. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2016
  44. 13/15 cmd_status: respect submodule groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  45. 14/15 cmd_diff: respect submodule groupsStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  46. 15/15 clone: allow specification of submodules to be clonedStefan Beller, Apr 26, 2016
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2016
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