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Bug report: Add submodule with --branch and --depth (git version 2.5.0.windows.1)

From
AAAnton Akhiar <anton2k@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 9, 2015, 07:45 UTC
Message-ID
<55EFE398.60208@gmail.com>
Hi,

I am trying to add a submodule with option --branch and --depth together, and failed. However, there is no problem if only one of them is applied.

So, this worked: git submodule add --branch develop https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git

This is also worked: git submodule add --depth 1 https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git

But this won't worked: git submodule add --branch develop --depth 1 https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git

Here is how to replicate the problem:

Setup remote repositories, e.g. in bitbucket: For superproject: https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysuperproject.git For submodule: https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git

Setup local repository for superproject: git init mysuperproject cd mysuperproject echo "This is the parent project" > README git add README git commit -m "add README" git remote add origin https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysuperproject.git git push --all -u origin

Setup local repository for submodule with branch "develop": cd .. git init mysubmodule cd mysubmodule echo "This is the submodule" > README git add README git commit -m "add README" git branch develop master git remote add origin https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git git push --all -u origin

Now, go to superproject and add submodule with options --branch and --depth: cd ../mysuperproject git submodule add --branch develop --depth 1 https://anton@bitbucket.org/anton/mysubmodule.git mysubmodule

Output: Cloning into 'mysubmodule'... Password for 'https://anton@bitbucket.org': remote: Counting objects: 3, done. remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. Checking connectivity... done. fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'develop' at the same time. Did you intend to checkout 'origin/develop' which can not be resolved as commit? Unable to checkout submodule 'mysubmodule'

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  1. Anton AkhiarSep 9, 2015

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