From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:02:27 GMT
Subject: Re: bug: nested submodules get an absolute gitdir path
Message-ID: <xmqqmvp6zsos.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALoo-5WcdMNMcCW0EQv1VqkE5Ax7bMnvo2r7niYhYyMjA8c4wg@mail.gmail.com>

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.

>
> 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,