# [PATCH] submodule: configure submodule.<name>.path on add and init

1 messages from 2012-09-24 to 2012-09-24. Participants: Orgad Shaneh.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31641

## Orgad Shaneh, 2012-09-24 19:32

Subject: [PATCH] submodule: configure submodule.<name>.path on add and init
Message-ID: <1348515150-20284-1-git-send-email-orgads@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1348515150-20284-1-git-send-email-orgads%40gmail.com

```
In order to read diff options for a submodule, its path must be configured

Signed-off-by: Orgad Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
---
 git-submodule.sh |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 3e2045e..af9c003 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
 			esac
 		) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout submodule '\$sm_path'")"
 	fi
+	git config submodule."$sm_path".path "$sm_path"
 	git config submodule."$sm_path".url "$realrepo"
 
 	git add $force "$sm_path" ||
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ cmd_init()
 				url=$(resolve_relative_url "$url") || exit
 				;;
 			esac
+			git config submodule."$name".path "$name" &&
 			git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
 			die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register url for submodule path '\$sm_path'")"
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

```