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[RFC PATCHv2 17/17] checkout: add config option to recurse into submodules by default

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Dec 3, 2016, 00:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20161203003022.29797-18-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20161203003022.29797-1-sbeller@google.com>

To make it easier for the user, who doesn't want to give the `--recurse-submodules` option whenever they run checkout, have an option for to set the default behavior for checkout to recurse into submodules.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt       |  6 ++++++
 Documentation/git-checkout.txt |  5 +++--
 submodule.c                    |  6 +++---
 t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a0ab66aae7..67e0714358 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -949,6 +949,12 @@ clean.requireForce::
 	A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
 	-i or -n.   Defaults to true.
 
+checkout.recurseSubmodules::
+	This option can be set to a boolean value.
+	When set to true checkout will recurse into submodules and
+	update them. When set to false, which is the default, checkout
+	will leave submodules untouched.
+
 color.branch::
 	A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
 	linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index a0ea2c5651..819c430b6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
 	Using --recurse-submodules will update the content of all initialized
 	submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject. If
 	local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
-	will fail until `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)
-	is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated.
+	will fail until `-f` is used. If `--no-recurse-submodules` is used,
+	the work trees of submodules will not be updated. If no command line
+	argument is given, `checkout.recurseSubmodules` is used as a default.
 
 <branch>::
 	Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 4253f7f044..e4e326bce4 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ int submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	} else if (starts_with(var, "submodule."))
 		return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
-	else if (!strcmp(var, "fetch.recursesubmodules")) {
+	else if (!strcmp(var, "fetch.recursesubmodules"))
 		config_fetch_recurse_submodules = parse_fetch_recurse_submodules_arg(var, value);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	else if (!strcmp(var, "checkout.recursesubmodules"))
+		config_update_recurse_submodules = parse_update_recurse_submodules_arg(var, value);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
index 33fb2f5de3..673021fb80 100755
--- a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,22 @@ test_expect_success '"checkout --recurse-submodules" repopulates submodule' '
 	submodule_creation_must_succeed delete_submodule base
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'option checkout.recurseSubmodules updates submodule' '
+	test_config checkout.recurseSubmodules 1 &&
+	git checkout base &&
+	git checkout -b advanced-base &&
+	git -C submodule commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit" &&
+	git add submodule &&
+	git commit -m "advance submodule" &&
+	git checkout base &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git diff-index --quiet --cached base &&
+	git checkout advanced-base &&
+	git diff-files --quiet &&
+	git diff-index --quiet --cached advanced-base &&
+	git checkout --recurse-submodules base
+'
+
 test_expect_success '"checkout --recurse-submodules" repopulates submodule in existing directory' '
 	git checkout --recurse-submodules delete_submodule &&
 	mkdir submodule &&
-- 
2.11.0.rc2.28.g2673dad
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Message 27 of 30 in “[RFC PATCHv2 00/17] Checkout aware of Submodules!”
  1. Stefan BellerDec 3, 2016
  2. 02/17 submodule: modernize ok_to_remove_submodule to use argv_arrayStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  3. 12/17 unpack-trees: remove submodule contents if interestingStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  4. 09/17 update submodules: add scheduling to update submodulesStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  5. David TurnerDec 5, 2016
  6. Stefan BellerDec 5, 2016
  7. 07/17 update submodules: introduce submodule_is_interestingStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  8. 08/17 update submodules: add depopulate_submoduleStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  9. David TurnerDec 5, 2016
  10. Stefan BellerDec 6, 2016
  11. 04/17 update submodules: add is_submodule_populatedStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  12. 10/17 update submodules: is_submodule_checkout_safeStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  13. 05/17 update submodules: add submodule config parsingStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  14. 15/17 checkout: recurse into submodules if asked toStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  15. Brandon WilliamsDec 5, 2016
  16. Stefan BellerDec 5, 2016
  17. Brandon WilliamsDec 5, 2016
  18. David TurnerDec 5, 2016
  19. 03/17 update submodules: move up prepare_submodule_repo_envStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  20. 16/17 completion: add '--recurse-submodules' to checkoutStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  21. 01/17 submodule.h: add extern keyword to functionsStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  22. 14/17 submodule: teach unpack_trees() to update submodulesStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  23. David TurnerDec 5, 2016
  24. 06/17 update submodules: add a config option to determine if submodules are updatedStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  25. 13/17 entry: write_entry to write populate submodulesStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  26. 11/17 unpack-trees: teach verify_clean_submodule to inspect submodulesStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  27. 17/17 checkout: add config option to recurse into submodules by defaultStefan Beller, Dec 3, 2016
  28. Brandon WilliamsDec 5, 2016
  29. Stefan BellerDec 5, 2016
  30. Brandon WilliamsDec 5, 2016

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