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

From: Nemmaier, Christoph <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon>
Date: Dec 16, 2022, 10:43 UTC
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Hi,

no alias - the command is used by TortoiseSVN, like in:

git.exe pull --progress -v --no-rebase "origin" From gitlab.ops.oce.net:nemmaiec/cpposatest = [up to date] master -> origin/master 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>...]

I verified that the -v parameter is the culprit. Today I also found out that this only happens if .gitconfig contains a [submodule] section setting "recurse = true".

Meanwhile a colleague of mine stumbled over another problem that (he claims) was not there until he upgraded git: GitExtensions uses "--jobs=0", which does not work anymore. But, of course, that's obviously a GitExtensions problem, just never having showed up before.

Christoph

git did not exit cleanly (exit code 1) (3610 ms @ 16.12.2022 11:33:35)

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An: Nemmaier, Christoph <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon>; git@vger.kernel.org
Betreff: RE: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax error

On December 16, 2022 3:28 AM, Nemmaier, Christoph wrote:

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>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:
>> 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] 
>N|[--[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.

Hi Christoph,

I have gone back to git 2.36.0 and cannot find support for the -v submodule command parameter. At what version did this last work for you? Do you have a git alias in effect that might be adding -v? --Randall