# [PATCH] Use '-f' option to point to the .gitmodules file

3 messages from 2008-05-15 to 2008-05-20. Participants: imyousuf@gmail.com, Johannes Schindelin, Imran M Yousuf.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13528

## imyousuf@gmail.com, 2008-05-15 07:42

Subject: [PATCH] Use '-f' option to point to the .gitmodules file
Message-ID: <1210837378-25668-1-git-send-email-imyousuf@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1210837378-25668-1-git-send-email-imyousuf%40gmail.com

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From: Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf@smartitengineering.com>

'git config' has a '-f' option that takes the file to parse.
Using it rather than the environment variable seems more logical
and simplified.

Signed-off-by: Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf@smartitengineering.com>
---
 git-submodule.sh |    9 ++++-----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 67f7a28..b4b7d28 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ module_name()
 {
 	# Do we have "submodule.<something>.path = $1" defined in .gitmodules file?
 	re=$(printf '%s' "$1" | sed -e 's/[].[^$\\*]/\\&/g')
-	name=$( GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules \
-		git config --get-regexp '^submodule\..*\.path$' |
+	name=$( git config -f .gitmodules --get-regexp '^submodule\..*\.path$' |
 		sed -n -e 's|^submodule\.\(.*\)\.path '"$re"'$|\1|p' )
        test -z "$name" &&
        die "No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path '$path'"
@@ -198,8 +197,8 @@ cmd_add()
 	git add "$path" ||
 	die "Failed to add submodule '$path'"
 
-	GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git config submodule."$path".path "$path" &&
-	GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git config submodule."$path".url "$repo" &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$path".path "$path" &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$path".url "$repo" &&
 	git add .gitmodules ||
 	die "Failed to register submodule '$path'"
 }
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ cmd_init()
 		url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
 		test -z "$url" || continue
 
-		url=$(GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git config submodule."$name".url)
+		url=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".url)
 		test -z "$url" &&
 		die "No url found for submodule path '$path' in .gitmodules"
 
-- 
1.5.4.2

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2008-05-15 08:56

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use '-f' option to point to the .gitmodules file
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0805150956050.30431@racer>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0805150956050.30431%40racer
In-Reply-To: <1210837378-25668-1-git-send-email-imyousuf@gmail.com>

```
Hi,

On Thu, 15 May 2008, imyousuf@gmail.com wrote:

> From: Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf@smartitengineering.com>
> 
> 'git config' has a '-f' option that takes the file to parse.
> Using it rather than the environment variable seems more logical
> and simplified.

Definitely looks more readable.

Ciao,
Dscho

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## Imran M Yousuf, 2008-05-20 03:12

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use '-f' option to point to the .gitmodules file
Message-ID: <7bfdc29a0805192012w5bf3a158y81f9623d57b71b10@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7bfdc29a0805192012w5bf3a158y81f9623d57b71b10%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0805150956050.30431@racer>

```
Thanks for accepting the patch :).

Best regards,

Imran
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 15 May 2008, imyousuf@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> From: Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf@smartitengineering.com>
>>
>> 'git config' has a '-f' option that takes the file to parse.
>> Using it rather than the environment variable seems more logical
>> and simplified.
>
> Definitely looks more readable.
>
> Ciao,
> Dscho
>



-- 
Imran M Yousuf

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