Re: [PATCH v3 08/13] submodule--helper run-update-procedure: learn --remote

> Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:
>
>> @@ -3033,6 +3004,25 @@ static int update_submodule2(struct update_data *update_data)
>>  		die(_("Unable to find current revision in submodule path '%s'"),
>>  			update_data->displaypath);
>>  
>> +	if (update_data->remote) {
>> +		char *remote_name = get_default_remote_submodule(update_data->sm_path);
>> +		const char *branch = remote_submodule_branch(update_data->sm_path);
>> +		char *remote_ref = xstrfmt("refs/remotes/%s/%s", remote_name, branch);
>> +
>> +		if (!update_data->nofetch) {
>> +			if (fetch_in_submodule(update_data->sm_path, update_data->depth,
>> +					      0, NULL))
>> +				die(_("Unable to fetch in submodule path '%s'"),
>> +				    update_data->sm_path);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		if (resolve_gitlink_ref(update_data->sm_path, remote_ref, &update_data->oid))
>> +			die(_("Unable to find %s revision in submodule path '%s'"),
>> +			    remote_ref, update_data->sm_path);
>> +
>> +		free(remote_ref);
>> +	}
>
> This, and ...
>
>> @@ -409,21 +395,6 @@ cmd_update()
>>  			just_cloned=
>>  		fi
>>  
>> -		if test -n "$remote"
>> -		then
>> -			branch=$(git submodule--helper remote-branch "$sm_path")
>> -			if test -z "$nofetch"
>> -			then
>> -				# Fetch remote before determining tracking $sha1
>> -				fetch_in_submodule "$sm_path" $depth ||
>> -				die "fatal: $(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$sm_path'")"
>> -			fi
>> -			remote_name=$(sanitize_submodule_env; cd "$sm_path" && git submodule--helper print-default-remote)
>> -			sha1=$(sanitize_submodule_env; cd "$sm_path" &&
>> -				git rev-parse --verify "${remote_name}/${branch}") ||
>> -			die "fatal: $(eval_gettext "Unable to find current \${remote_name}/\${branch} revision in submodule path '\$sm_path'")"
>> -		fi
>
> ... this change would "fix" the temporary breakage [05/13] may have
> brought us.  From the series structure's point of view, doing
> [05/13] after this would be more sensible.  If we leave the call to
> "displaypath" still in the script after this series, [05/13] or its
> equivalent should mention that ensure-core-worktree does not matter
> for that particular call when it delays the call to it by moving it
> to the beginning of the update_submodule2() from the much earlier
> part of the script.
>

>>  		out=$(git submodule--helper run-update-procedure \
>>  			  ${wt_prefix:+--prefix "$wt_prefix"} \
>>  			  ${GIT_QUIET:+--quiet} \
>> @@ -434,6 +405,7 @@ cmd_update()
>>  			  ${update:+--update "$update"} \
>>  			  ${prefix:+--recursive-prefix "$prefix"} \
>>  			  ${sha1:+--oid "$sha1"} \
>> +			  ${remote:+--remote} \
>>  			  "--" \
>>  			  "$sm_path")