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Re: [PATCH] fix "git-submodule add a/b/c/repository"

From
Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2008, 02:23 UTC
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<20080707063424.GB5506@jhaampe.org>
Sylvain Joyeux wrote:
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> Redo the prep work, the clone and now
>
> git submodule add dir0/dir1/init
>
> (i.e. don't expect dir0/dir1/init to be the clone of ./init, that was just a
> shortcut for the test. Expect it to be a clone of "something, somewhere")
>
>   
Per the man-page,
    git submodule [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>]

which means, that the *repository* url is mandatory, the path is optional. What you specifically asked git-submodule to do was to *clone* from dir0/dir1/init, and because you gave no path to put the submodule in, git-submodule deduced the name as "init", and cloned to there.

Mark
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Message 6 of 15 in “fix "git-submodule add a/b/c/repository"”
  1. fix "git-submodule add a/b/c/repository"Sylvain Joyeux, Jul 1, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2008
  3. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 6, 2008
  4. Mark LevedahlJul 6, 2008
  5. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  6. Mark LevedahlJul 8, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  8. Mark LevedahlJul 8, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  10. Mark LevedahlJul 8, 2008
  11. git-submodule - make "submodule add" more strict, and document itMark Levedahl, Jul 9, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2008
  13. git-submodule - make "submodule add" more strict, and document itMark Levedahl, Jul 10, 2008
  14. git-submodule - register submodule URL if adding in placeMark Levedahl, Jul 10, 2008
  15. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 8, 2008

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