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[PATCH 1/4] submodule: refuse to add repository with no commits

From
Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2019, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID
<20190314150219.2040-2-kyle@kyleam.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190314150219.2040-1-kyle@kyleam.com>

When the path given to 'git submodule add' is an existing repository that is not in the index, the repository is passed to 'git add'. If this repository doesn't have any commits, we don't get a useful result: there is no subproject OID to track, and any untracked files in the sub-repository are added to the current repository.

Detect if the path is a repository with no commits and abort to avoid getting into this state unless --force is used. Reacting to --force isn't very useful, especially because an upcoming commit will make 'git add' fail in this situation, but it allows us to use the same 'git add --dry-run' condition as the ignored path case.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
---
 git-submodule.sh           | 12 ++++++++++--
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 514ede2596..6c74656027 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -234,10 +234,18 @@ cmd_add()
 	if test -z "$force" &&
 		! git add --dry-run --ignore-missing --no-warn-embedded-repo "$sm_path" > /dev/null 2>&1
 	then
-		eval_gettextln "The following path is ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
+		if test -d "$sm_path" &&
+			test -z $(git -C "$sm_path" rev-parse --show-cdup 2>/dev/null) &&
+			! git -C "$sm_path" rev-parse --verify -q HEAD >/dev/null
+		then
+			die "$(eval_gettext "'\$sm_path' does not have any commits")"
+		else
+			eval_gettextln "\
+The following path is ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
 \$sm_path
 Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
-		exit 1
+			exit 1
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if test -n "$custom_name"
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index aba2d4d6ee..6adf640143 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update aborts on missing gitmodules url' '
 	test_must_fail git submodule init
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'add aborts on repository with no commits' '
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	'"'repo-no-commits'"' does not have any commits
+	EOF
+	git init repo-no-commits &&
+	test_must_fail git submodule add ../a ./repo-no-commits 2>actual &&
+	test_i18ncmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup - repository in init subdirectory' '
 	mkdir init &&
 	(
@@ -809,7 +818,7 @@ test_expect_success '../bar/a/b/c works with relative local path - ../foo/bar.gi
 		cp pristine-.git-config .git/config &&
 		cp pristine-.gitmodules .gitmodules &&
 		mkdir -p a/b/c &&
-		(cd a/b/c && git init) &&
+		(cd a/b/c && git init && test_commit msg) &&
 		git config remote.origin.url ../foo/bar.git &&
 		git submodule add ../bar/a/b/c ./a/b/c &&
 		git submodule init &&
-- 
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  2. 2/4 t3000: move non-submodule repo test to separate fileKyle Meyer, Mar 14, 2019
  3. 4/4 dir: do not traverse repositories with no commitsKyle Meyer, Mar 14, 2019
  4. 3/4 t3009: test that ls-files -o traverses bogus repoKyle Meyer, Mar 14, 2019
  5. 1/4 submodule: refuse to add repository with no commitsKyle Meyer, Mar 14, 2019
  6. Kyle MeyerMar 16, 2019
  7. 0/4 dir: Treat a repository without commits as a repositoryKyle Meyer, Apr 2, 2019
  8. 1/4 submodule: refuse to add repository with no commitsKyle Meyer, Apr 2, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2019
  10. 2/4 t3000: move non-submodule repo test to separate fileKyle Meyer, Apr 2, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2019
  12. Kyle MeyerApr 3, 2019
  13. 3/4 t3009: test that ls-files -o traverses bogus repoKyle Meyer, Apr 2, 2019
  14. 4/4 dir: do not traverse repositories with no commitsKyle Meyer, Apr 2, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2019
  16. Kyle MeyerApr 3, 2019

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