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

From: Nemmaier, Christoph <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon>
Date: Dec 16, 2022, 08:27 UTC
Message-ID: <AM8P195MB0820A54FEA04231D440F74D780E69@AM8P195MB0820.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

I upgraded Git to version 2.38.1.windows.1

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

I expected "git pull -v" to simply work and exit correctly without telling me the syntax of "git submodule".

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

This:

Show 15 quoted lines

> From gitlab.ops.oce.net:nemmaiec/cpposa
> = [up to date]      develop/1.0 -> origin/develop/1.0
> Already up to date.
> usage: git submodule [--quiet] [--cached]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all| [--] <path>...)
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] update [--init [--filter=<filter-spec>]] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--[no-]single-branch] [--] [<path>...]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] set-branch (--default|--branch <branch>) [--] <path>
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] set-url [--] <path> <newurl>
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
>    or: git submodule [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

The text I quoted above, and an exit with error code.

Anything else you want to add:

The '-v' parameter is used by TortoiseGit and GitExtensions, which now both croak on pulling.

Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.

[System Info] git version: git version 2.38.1.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: b85c8f604d375d4d773a36842964e8a7ec056aae sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon uname: Windows 10.0 19044 compiler info: gnuc: 12.2 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): <unset>

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