Re: [PATCH 09/10] submodule: support sub-command-less "--recursive" option

> The inability to specify "--recursive" when we're not providing a
> sub-command name appears to have been an omission in 15fc56a8536 (git
> submodule foreach: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules,
> 2009-08-19). Let's support it along with the other "status" options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-submodule.txt |  2 +-
>  builtin/submodule.c             | 16 +++++++++++++---
>  t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh      |  6 +-----
>  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> index 345ebcafb9c..0c918390f2f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
> -'git submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [--]
> +'git submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [--recursive] [--]
>  'git submodule' [--quiet] add [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
>  'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
>  'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
> diff --git a/builtin/submodule.c b/builtin/submodule.c
> index 1d77f2d0964..ca8e273b6e9 100644
> --- a/builtin/submodule.c
> +++ b/builtin/submodule.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ static const char * const git_submodule_usage[] = {
>  };
>  
>  static void setup_helper_args(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
> -			      int quiet, int cached, struct strvec *args,
> +			      int quiet, int cached, int recursive,
> +			      struct strvec *args,
>  			      const struct option *options)
>  {
>  	const char *cmd;
> @@ -79,10 +80,13 @@ static void setup_helper_args(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Did we get --cached with a command? */
> +	/* Did we get a forbidden top-level option with a command? */
>  	if (cached)
>  		usage_msg_optf(_("'%s' option is only supported with explicit 'status'"),
>  			       git_submodule_usage, options, "--cached");
> +	if (recursive)
> +		usage_msg_optf(_("'%s' option is only supported with explicit 'status'"),
> +			       git_submodule_usage, options, "--recursive");
>  
>  
>  	/* Either a valid command, or submodule--helper will barf! */
> @@ -92,6 +96,9 @@ static void setup_helper_args(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
>  	argc--;
>  
>  	/* Options that need to go before user-supplied options */
> +	if (!strcmp(cmd, "status") && recursive)
> +		strvec_push(args, "--recursive");
> +

> diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> index c524398e805..7cafc2e1102 100755
> --- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> +++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> @@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule usage: -h' '
>  	test_must_be_empty err
>  '
>  
> -test_expect_success 'submodule usage: --recursive' '
> -	test_expect_code 129 git submodule --recursive
> -'
> -
>  test_expect_success 'submodule usage: status --' '
>  	git submodule -- &&
>  	git submodule --end-of-options
> @@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ do
>  	'
>  done
>  
> -for opt in '--cached'
> +for opt in '--cached' '--recursive'
>  do
>  	test_expect_success "submodule usage: status $opt" '
>  		git submodule $opt &&