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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Tests for some submodule corner cases.

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Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date
Jun 1, 2011, 19:26 UTC
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Am 01.06.2011 18:11, schrieb Marc Branchaud:
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> On 11-05-31 05:26 PM, Jens Lehmann wrote:
>> No problem, maybe that's just an indication that a reference to "git status"
>> being more capable of telling what is going on inside a submodule is missing
>> to the man page for "git submodule status".
> 
> Yes, that'd possibly help.
Ok, I'll see if I can come up with something ...
> So here's my basic question: How can my build system be sure that a submodule
> contains the correct working directory?  Do I need to do both "git submodule
> status" to check the submodule's HEAD, then also use "git status" to see if
> that HEAD is correctly checked out?

No, "git status" will do both. The only thing it will be silent about is when a submodule isn't initialized at all ("git submodule status" shows this with a '-').

Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 40 of 40 in “Tests for some submodule corner cases.”
  1. 0/2 Tests for some submodule corner cases.Marc Branchaud, May 30, 2011
  2. 1/2 Added a test for "submodule add" using a ../relative/path/to/the/submodule/repoMarc Branchaud, May 30, 2011
  3. 2/2 Added a test for "submodule status" when the submodule's working directory has deleted files.Marc Branchaud, May 30, 2011
  4. Jens LehmannMay 31, 2011
  5. submodule add: improve message when resolving a relative url failsJens Lehmann, May 31, 2011
  6. Marc BranchaudMay 31, 2011
  7. submodule add: improve message when resolving a relative url failsJens Lehmann, May 31, 2011
  8. Phil HordMay 31, 2011
  9. Marc BranchaudJun 1, 2011
  10. Phil HordJul 27, 2011
  11. Marc BranchaudJul 29, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 31, 2011
  13. Clarified how "git submodule add" handles relative paths.Marc Branchaud, Jun 1, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2011
  15. Jens LehmannJun 1, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2011
  17. Jens LehmannJun 3, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2011
  19. Mark LevedahlJun 4, 2011
  20. Jens LehmannJun 4, 2011
  21. Jens LehmannJun 4, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2011
  23. 0/3 submodule add: allow relative repository path even when no url is setJens Lehmann, Jun 6, 2011
  24. 1/3 submodule add: test failure when url is not configured in superprojectJens Lehmann, Jun 6, 2011
  25. 2/3 submodule add: allow relative repository path even when no url is setJens Lehmann, Jun 6, 2011
  26. 0/2 Improve "git submodule add" documentation.Marc Branchaud, Jun 6, 2011
  27. 1/2 More precisely described how "git submodule add" handles relative submodule URLs.Marc Branchaud, Jun 6, 2011
  28. 2/2 Moved paragraph describing the utility of relative submodule URLs.Marc Branchaud, Jun 6, 2011
  29. 3/3 submodule add: clean up duplicated codeJens Lehmann, Jun 6, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2011
  31. Marc BranchaudJun 6, 2011
  32. Jens LehmannJun 6, 2011
  33. Jens LehmannJun 7, 2011
  34. Phil HordJun 8, 2011
  35. [PATCHv2] Clarified how "git submodule add" handles relative paths.Marc Branchaud, Jun 2, 2011
  36. Marc BranchaudMay 31, 2011
  37. Jens LehmannMay 31, 2011
  38. Marc BranchaudJun 1, 2011
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2011
  40. Jens LehmannJun 1, 2011

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