From: Chris Wilson Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:40:13 GMT Subject: Re: Possible bug: Git submodules can get into broken state Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vmwtei1wu.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Hi Junio, On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> This state is broken (wrong URLs in .git/config), and AFAIK there's >> nothing you can do to check out these submodules without either: >> >> (a) manually hacking them out of .git/config, or > > I do not think updating the config is "hacking", but is a perfectly > normal thing to do for a submodule user who wants to use a custom > URL different from what is recorded in .gitmodules (even when the > URL in .gitmodules is _working_, you may have a closer mirror you > would prefer to use, for example). It is how the configuration is > designed to be used, if I am not mistaken. It may be possible, but there's no easy command to do it, especially in automated (fabric) deployment scripts. I do not want to write an awk/sed script to remove all the submodules from .git/config so that I can successfully run git submodule init again. What other choices do I have? > So I do not see any breakage here. I do, it seems bizarre that git submodule init can create this situation but cannot rectify it. Cheers, Chris. -- Aptivate | http://www.aptivate.org | Phone: +44 1223 967 838 Future Business, Cam City FC, Milton Rd, Cambridge, CB4 1UY, UK Aptivate is a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales with company number 04980791.