Re: [PATCH] submodule: Respect reqested branch on all clones

>
> The previous code only checked out the requested branch in cmd_add.
> This commit moves the branch-checkout logic into module_clone, where
> it can be shared by cmd_add and cmd_update.  I also update the initial
> checkout command to use 'rebase' to preserve branches setup during
> module_clone.
> [...]
> @@ -306,7 +307,14 @@ module_clone()
>         echo "gitdir: $rel/$a" >"$sm_path/.git"
>
>         rel=$(echo $a | sed -e 's|[^/][^/]*|..|g')
> -       (clear_local_git_env; cd "$sm_path" && GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config core.worktree "$rel/$b")
> +       (
> +               clear_local_git_env
> +               cd "$sm_path" &&
> +               GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config core.worktree "$rel/$b" &&
> +               if test -n "$branch"; then
> +                       git checkout -f -q -B "$branch" "origin/$branch" && echo "checked out $branch"
> +               fi
> +       ) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to setup cloned submodule '\$sm_path'")"
>  }