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[PATCH 6/6] git submodule add: Fix naming clash handling

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Sep 12, 2008, 21:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20080912210924.31628.61593.stgit@localhost>
In-Reply-To
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This patch fixes git submodule add behaviour when we add submodule living at a same path as logical name of existing submodule. This can happen e.g. in case the user git mv's the previous submodule away and then git submodule add's another under the same name.

A test-case is obviously included.

This is not completely satisfactory since .git/config cross-commit conflicts can still occur. A question is whether this is worth handling, maybe it would be worth adding some kind of randomization of the autogenerated submodule name, e.g. appending $$ or a timestamp.

Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
---
 git-submodule.sh           |   15 ++++++++++++---
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh |   11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 1c39b59..3e4d839 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -201,10 +201,19 @@ cmd_add()
 	git add "$path" ||
 	die "Failed to add submodule '$path'"
 
-	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$path".path "$path" &&
-	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$path".url "$repo" &&
+	name="$path"
+	if git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".path; then
+		name="$path~"; i=1;
+		while git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".path; do
+			name="$path~$i"
+			i=$((i+1))
+		done
+	fi
+
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".path "$path" &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".url "$repo" &&
 	git add .gitmodules ||
-	die "Failed to register submodule '$path'"
+	die "Failed to register submodule '$path' (name '$name')"
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index 8a002bc..0d12a37 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -235,4 +235,15 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add -b' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule add auto-naming clash' '
+
+	git submodule add "$(pwd)/init2/.git" example &&
+	test -d example/.git &&
+	[ "$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule.example.url)" = "$(pwd)/init2" ] &&
+	[ "$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule.example.path)" = "init" ]
+	[ "$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule.example~.url)" = "$(pwd)/init2/.git" ] &&
+	[ "$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule.example~.path)" = "example" ]
+
+'
+
 test_done
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Message 16 of 18 in “Submodule support for git mv and git rm”
  1. 0/6 Submodule support for git mv and git rmPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  2. 1/6 submodule.*: Introduce simple C interface for submodule lookup by pathPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 12, 2008
  5. Petr BaudisSep 12, 2008
  6. 2/6 git rm: Support for removing submodulesPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2008
  9. Petr BaudisSep 12, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2008
  11. 3/6 git mv: Support moving submodulesPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  12. git mv: Support moving submodulesPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2008
  14. 4/6 t7403: Submodule git mv, git rm testsuitePetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  15. 5/6 t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuitePetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  16. 6/6 git submodule add: Fix naming clash handlingPetr Baudis, Sep 12, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2008
  18. Lars HjemliSep 13, 2008

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