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[PATCH] git mv: Support moving submodules

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Sep 12, 2008, 21:42 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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This patch adds support for moving submodules to 'git mv', including rewriting of the .gitmodules file to reflect the movement.

Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
---

I'm sorry, I was careless - this is the correct patch version, referring to string_list_item.string instead of .path.

Also, the testsuite in patch 4 is for some reason marked as (c)'d by Dscho. Not that it would be a big deal.

 builtin-mv.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-mv.c b/builtin-mv.c
index 4f65b5a..2970acc 100644
--- a/builtin-mv.c
+++ b/builtin-mv.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_mv_usage[] = {
 	"git mv [options] <source>... <destination>",
@@ -49,6 +50,24 @@ static const char *add_slash(const char *path)
 	return path;
 }
 
+static int ce_is_gitlink(int i)
+{
+	return i < 0 ? 0 : S_ISGITLINK(active_cache[i]->ce_mode);
+}
+
+static void rename_submodule(struct string_list_item *i)
+{
+	char *key = submodule_by_path(i->string);
+
+	config_exclusive_filename = ".gitmodules";
+	if (git_config_set(key, (const char *) i->util))
+		die("cannot update .gitmodules");
+	config_exclusive_filename = NULL;
+
+	free(key);
+}
+
+
 static struct lock_file lock_file;
 
 int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -65,6 +84,8 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	enum update_mode { BOTH = 0, WORKING_DIRECTORY, INDEX } *modes;
 	struct stat st;
 	struct string_list src_for_dst = {NULL, 0, 0, 0};
+	/* .string is source path, .util is destination path */
+	struct string_list submodules = {NULL, 0, 0, 0};
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
@@ -84,7 +105,8 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		/* special case: "." was normalized to "" */
 		destination = copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
 	else if (!lstat(dest_path[0], &st) &&
-			S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+			S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) &&
+			!ce_is_gitlink(cache_name_pos(dest_path[0], strlen(dest_path[0])))) {
 		dest_path[0] = add_slash(dest_path[0]);
 		destination = copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
 	} else {
@@ -96,7 +118,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	/* Checking */
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *src = source[i], *dst = destination[i];
-		int length, src_is_dir;
+		int length, src_is_dir, src_cache_pos;
 		const char *bad = NULL;
 
 		if (show_only)
@@ -111,7 +133,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		} else if ((src_is_dir = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 				&& lstat(dst, &st) == 0)
 			bad = "cannot move directory over file";
-		else if (src_is_dir) {
+		else if ((src_cache_pos = cache_name_pos(src, length)) < 0 && src_is_dir) {
 			const char *src_w_slash = add_slash(src);
 			int len_w_slash = length + 1;
 			int first, last;
@@ -177,7 +199,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				} else
 					bad = "Cannot overwrite";
 			}
-		} else if (cache_name_pos(src, length) < 0)
+		} else if (src_cache_pos < 0)
 			bad = "not under version control";
 		else if (string_list_has_string(&src_for_dst, dst))
 			bad = "multiple sources for the same target";
@@ -214,10 +236,17 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		pos = cache_name_pos(src, strlen(src));
 		assert(pos >= 0);
+		if (ce_is_gitlink(pos))
+			string_list_insert(src, &submodules)->util = (void *) dst;
 		if (!show_only)
 			rename_cache_entry_at(pos, dst);
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < submodules.nr; i++)
+		rename_submodule(&submodules.items[i]);
+	if (submodules.nr > 0 && add_file_to_cache(".gitmodules", 0))
+		die("cannot add new .gitmodules to the index");
+
 	if (active_cache_changed) {
 		if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 		    commit_locked_index(&lock_file))
Previous: Petr BaudisNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 12 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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