From: Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:14:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] Fail to add a module in a subdirectory if module is already cloned
Message-ID: <4F1F2D38.9050909@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <4F1F2642.1070707@web.de>

Am 24.01.2012 22:44, schrieb Jens Lehmann:
> 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."