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Re: bug: nested submodules get an absolute gitdir path

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 6, 2016, 15:02 UTC
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Antti Halttunen <Antti.Halttunen@iki.fi> writes:
> Starting with git v2.7.0,
>
> submodules two levels deep get a .git contents of:
>  gitdir: /absolute/path/name
I think that this is $gmane/290491
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/290491

and queued as sb/submodule-helper-clone-regression-fix topic, currently included on the 'pu' branch. Can you try it and see if it fixes your issue?

Thanks.
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> 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,
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