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Re: [BUG] Fail to add a module in a subdirectory if module is already cloned

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Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date
Jan 24, 2012, 22:14 UTC
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Am 24.01.2012 22:44, schrieb Jens Lehmann:
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> Am 24.01.2012 22:24, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> I see "module_name" calls "git config -f .gitmodules" and I do not see any
>> cd_to_toplevel in git-submodule.sh that would ensure this call to access
>> the gitmodules file at the top-level of the superproject. Is that the real
>> reason why it is not finding what it should be finding?

Just for the record: I checked that and git-submodule does not set the SUBDIRECTORY_OK environment variable so every time it is not run in the top level directory it aborts with: "You need to run this command from the toplevel of the working tree."

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Message 6 of 9 in “[BUG] Fail to add a module in a subdirectory if module is already cloned”
  1. Jehan BingJan 24, 2012
  2. Jens LehmannJan 24, 2012
  3. Jens LehmannJan 24, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2012
  5. Jens LehmannJan 24, 2012
  6. Jens LehmannJan 24, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2012
  8. submodule add: fix breakage when re-adding a deep submoduleJens Lehmann, Jan 24, 2012
  9. Jehan BingJan 25, 2012

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