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Re: [PATCH 2/5] submodule_move_head: prepare env for child correctly

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 2, 2017, 02:04 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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> We forgot to prepare the submodule env, which is only a problem for
> nested submodules. See 2e5d6503bd (ls-files: fix recurse-submodules
> with nested submodules, 2017-04-13) for further explanation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
> ---

Sounds good (if only because this makes it similar to other codepaths).

Is this something whose breakage before the patch is easily demonstrated with a test?

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>  submodule.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
> index cd098cf12b..c7a7a33916 100644
> --- a/submodule.c
> +++ b/submodule.c
> @@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ int submodule_move_head(const char *path,
>  			cp.no_stdin = 1;
>  			cp.dir = path;
>  
> +			prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
>  			argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "update-ref", "HEAD", new, NULL);
>  
>  			if (run_command(&cp)) {
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Message 8 of 22 in “Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"”
  1. 0/5 Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"Stefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  2. 1/5 submodule_move_head: fix leak of struct child_processStefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  3. Brandon WilliamsMay 1, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerMay 2, 2017
  6. 3/5 submodule: avoid auto-discovery in new working tree manipulator codeStefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  7. 2/5 submodule_move_head: prepare env for child correctlyStefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2017
  9. Stefan BellerMay 2, 2017
  10. 4/5 submodule--helper: reattach-HEADStefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  11. Brandon WilliamsMay 1, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerMay 1, 2017
  13. 5/5 submodule_move_head: reattach submodule HEAD to branch if possible.Stefan Beller, May 1, 2017
  14. Brandon WilliamsMay 1, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2017
  16. Stefan BellerMay 2, 2017
  17. Stefan BellerMay 31, 2017
  18. 0/3 Some submodule bugfixesStefan Beller, May 2, 2017
  19. 1/3 submodule_move_head: reuse child_process structure for futher commandsStefan Beller, May 2, 2017
  20. 2/3 submodule: avoid auto-discovery in new working tree manipulator codeStefan Beller, May 2, 2017
  21. 3/3 submodule: properly recurse for read-tree and checkoutStefan Beller, May 2, 2017
  22. Brandon WilliamsMay 2, 2017

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