Re: Git mv -- submodule -- recursive

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Jun 27, 2016, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kYKBxL4xLyySALBv_-gqkss9_iCk-qSc4T7u7fKDMOFWw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAOG-3GJdH5q9fdj+7zdEv-UUZMTAnunZu1PRJYjFNV360r6+sQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Bart Bogaerts <bartbogaerts@gmail.com> wrote:

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> With a repo structured as follows
>
> main-files
> |- submod
>     |- subsubmodule
>
> git mv submod newlocation
>
> does not do what it is supposed to do. It actually breaks the git repository.
> It can be fixed easily.
> A complete description of the bug, including a workaround, can be found on
> http://stackoverflow.com/q/32782382/2274140

Which version of Git are you using? I think this is fixed in a127331cd81233 (mv: allow moving nested submodules, 2016-04-19), which is first included in v2.8.3 (or v2.9 and later).

Thanks, Stefan

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