Re: [PATCH 1/2] git-submodule: move cloning into a separate function

> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 01:13:28PM +0200, Lars Hjemli wrote:
> > +module_clone()
> > +{
> > +     path=$1
> > +     url=$2
> > +
> > +     # If there already is a directory at the submodule path,
> > +     # expect it to be empty (since that is the default checkout
> > +     # action) and try to remove it.
> > +     # Note: if $path is a symlink to a directory the test will
> > +     # succeed but the rmdir will fail. We might want to fix this.
> > +     if test -d "$path"
> > +     then
> > +             rmdir "$path" 2>/dev/null ||
> > +             die "Directory '$path' exist, but is neither empty nor a git repository"
>
> What makes you say that '$path' is not a git repository?
>