AW: AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax error

From: Nemmaier, Christoph <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon>
Date: Dec 20, 2022, 07:37 UTC
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Great, THX.

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Von: Junio C Hamano <jch2355@gmail.com> Im Auftrag von Junio C Hamano
Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2022 00:27
An: Nemmaier, Christoph <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon>
Cc: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; git@vger.kernel.org
Betreff: Re: AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax error

"Nemmaier, Christoph" <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon> writes:

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>>>I suspect it is the same issue as the one that triggered
>>>
>>>
>>https://lore.kernel.org/git/f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@cs-wa
>>re.de/
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>>>which came out recently?
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>>If that is the case, perhaps the -v needs to be documented in the online help if/when this condition is fixed.
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>
>
> Good morning,
>
> it pretty sure is. The doc goes like:
>
>> -v
>>--verbose
>>
>>    Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge.
>
> Intentionally or not, git-submodule is not listed.
>
> Anyway, I think the doc is correct, as git submodule doesn't know 
> '-v'. So either the internal call should drop '-v', or 'submodule'
> should ignore it.

Yes, <f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@cs-ware.de> cited above is exactly about doing that.

The resulting 6f65f847 (submodule: accept -v for the update command, 2022-12-10) is about to hit 'next'.