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[PATCH 6/6] submodule update: Don't fetch when the submodule commit is already present

From
Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date
Feb 23, 2011, 20:36 UTC
Message-ID
<4D656FDF.5050400@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<4D656F25.5090007@web.de>

If the commit to be checked out on "git submodule update" has already been fetched in the submodule there is no need to run "git fetch" again. Since "git fetch" recently learned recursion (and the new on-demand mode to fetch commits recorded in the superproject is enabled by default) this will happen pretty often, thereby making the unconditional fetch during "git submodule update" unnecessary.

If the commit is not present in the submodule (e.g. the user disabled the fetch on-demand mode) the fetch will be run as before.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
---
 git-submodule.sh            |    2 +-
 t/t7406-submodule-update.sh |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 8b90589..ea49760 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ cmd_update()
 			if test -z "$nofetch"
 			then
 				(clear_local_git_env; cd "$path" &&
-					git-fetch) ||
+					(git rev-parse --verify $sha1 >/dev/null || git-fetch)) ||
 				die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
 			fi

diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
index bfb4975..ee3eec5 100755
--- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update detaching the HEAD ' '
 	)
 '

+apos="'";
+test_expect_success 'submodule update does not fetch already present commits' '
+	(cd submodule &&
+	  echo line3 >> file &&
+	  git add file &&
+	  test_tick &&
+	  git commit -m "upstream line3"
+	) &&
+	(cd super/submodule &&
+	  head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	  echo "Submodule path ${apos}submodule$apos: checked out $apos$head$apos" > ../../expected &&
+	  git reset --hard HEAD~1
+	) &&
+	(cd super &&
+	  git submodule update > ../actual 2> ../actual.err
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	! test -s actual.err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'submodule update --rebase staying on master' '
 	(cd super/submodule &&
 	  git checkout master
-- 
1.7.4.1.190.g13e20
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Message 20 of 23 in “Teach fetch/pull the on-demand mode and make it the default”
  1. 0/6 Teach fetch/pull the on-demand mode and make it the defaultJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  2. 1/6 fetch/pull: recurse into submodules when necessaryJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2011
  4. Jens LehmannFeb 23, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 24, 2011
  6. Jonathan NiederFeb 23, 2011
  7. Jens LehmannFeb 23, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederFeb 23, 2011
  9. 2/6 fetch/pull: Add the 'on-demand' value to the --recurse-submodules optionJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederFeb 23, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederFeb 23, 2011
  12. 3/6 config: teach the fetch.recurseSubmodules option the 'on-demand' valueJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  13. 4/6 Submodules: Add 'on-demand' value for the 'fetchRecurseSubmodule' optionJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2011
  15. Jens LehmannFeb 24, 2011
  16. 5/6 fetch/pull: Don't recurse into a submodule when commits are already presentJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2011
  18. Jens LehmannFeb 23, 2011
  19. Jens LehmannFeb 24, 2011
  20. 6/6 submodule update: Don't fetch when the submodule commit is already presentJens Lehmann, Feb 23, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2011
  22. Jonathan NiederFeb 23, 2011
  23. Jens LehmannFeb 23, 2011

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