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Re: Adding nested repository with slash adds files instead of gitlink

From
Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
Date
Jun 18, 2018, 15:55 UTC
Message-ID
<20180618155544.GB6958@alpha>
In-Reply-To
<20180618111919.GA10085@book.hvoigt.net>
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 01:19:19PM +0200, Heiko Voigt wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I just discovered that when you have a slash at the end of a nested
> repository, the files contained in the repository get added instead of
> the gitlink.
> 
> I found this when I was adding a submodule and wanted to commit a small
> change before that. You get the slash by using tab autocompletion.
> 
> Here is a recipe to reproduce:
> 
> mkdir test
> cd test; git init
> touch a; git add a; git commit -m a
> mkdir ../test.git; (cd ../test.git; git init --bare)
> git remote add origin ../test.git
> git push origin master
> git submodule add ../test.git submodule
> git reset
> git add submodule/
> 
> Now instead of just submodule gitlink there is an entry for submodule/a
> in the index.
> 
> I just thought I put this out there. Will have a look if I find the time
> to cook up a proper testcase and investigate.
> 
> Cheers Heiko

This has been the case as far as I can remember, and is basically lore in the #git irc channel).

This can also be reproduced by just cloning a repo inside another repo and running `git add path/`.

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