Re: [PATCH v2] git: submodule honor -c credential.* from command line

> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>>>  static int clone_submodule(const char *path, const char *gitdir, const char *url,
>>>                            const char *depth, const char *reference, int quiet)
>>>  {
>>> @@ -145,7 +166,7 @@ static int clone_submodule(const char *path, const char *gitdir, const char *url
>>>         argv_array_push(&cp.args, path);
>>>
>>>         cp.git_cmd = 1;
>>> -       cp.env = local_repo_env;
>>> +       add_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
>>>         cp.no_stdin = 1;
>>>
>>>         return run_command(&cp);
>>
>>
>> Ignore my previous comment. The cp.env API is *very* subtle. If the
>> line is just a name, it removes the environment variable, while
>> "name=value" adds it. That is definitely not what I was expecting
>> here, so I misread how it works.
>
> I think that is modelled after how putenv(3) is made capable of
> removing an existing environment variable.