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bug: nested submodules get an absolute gitdir path

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AHAntti Halttunen <antti.halttunen@iki.fi>
Date
Apr 6, 2016, 07:02 UTC
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Hi all,
Starting with git v2.7.0,
submodules two levels deep get a .git contents of:
 gitdir: /absolute/path/name
This breaks repos that are moved or copied:

fatal: Not a git repository: /tmp/tmp.gIyxKWIC26/repo/.git/modules/sub/modules/sub fatal: 'git status --porcelain' failed in submodule sub

The script https://gitlab.com/snippets/17301 reproduces the issue.
git bisect points to commit ee8838d1.
thanks,
-- 
antti
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