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Re: Bug: submodules of submodules use absolute gitdir in .git file (instead of relative)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 27, 2017, 15:06 UTC
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Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer@rohde-schwarz.com> writes:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> $ git submodule foreach cat .git
>
> ...shows that the gitdir registered in the .git file of submodules is relative. But if you run 
>
> $ git submodule foreach --recursive cat .git
>
> ...shows that submodules of submodules (if you have any) have an absolute gitdir starting with a slash.
>
> 1) Can you confirm that behavior?

Nobody can without knowing which version of Git you are using. I suspect that we had discussed and addressed something related to nested submodule's "gitdir" pointer in not-so-distant past.

> 2) Am I right that this is a bug (at least because of inconsistency)?
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