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Re: AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax error

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2022, 23:27 UTC
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"Nemmaier, Christoph" <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon> writes:
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>> ...
>>>
>>>I suspect it is the same issue as the one that triggered
>>>
>>>
>>https://lore.kernel.org/git/f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@cs-ware.de/
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>>>which came out recently?
>>
>>If that is the case, perhaps the -v needs to be documented in the online help if/when this condition is fixed.
>>
>
>
> Good morning,
>
> it pretty sure is. The doc goes like:
>
>> -v
>>--verbose
>>
>>    Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge.
>
> Intentionally or not, git-submodule is not listed.
>
> Anyway, I think the doc is correct, as git submodule doesn't know
> '-v'. So either the internal call should drop '-v', or 'submodule'
> should ignore it.

Yes, <f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@cs-ware.de> cited above is exactly about doing that.

The resulting 6f65f847 (submodule: accept -v for the update command, 2022-12-10) is about to hit 'next'.

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Message 7 of 10 in “PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax error”
  1. Nemmaier, ChristophDec 16, 2022
  2. rsbecker@nexbridge.comDec 16, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2022
  4. AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax errorNemmaier, Christoph, Dec 16, 2022
  5. rsbecker@nexbridge.comDec 17, 2022
  6. AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax errorNemmaier, Christoph, Dec 19, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2022
  8. AW: AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax errorNemmaier, Christoph, Dec 20, 2022
  9. AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax errorNemmaier, Christoph, Dec 16, 2022
  10. AW: PROBLEM: "git pull -v" fails with exit code denoting a submodule syntax errorNemmaier, Christoph, Dec 16, 2022

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