# Re: Recursive submodule confusing output (bug?)

2 messages from 2013-02-18 to 2013-02-18. Participants: Will Entriken, Jens Lehmann.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32925

## Will Entriken, 2013-02-18 15:58

Subject: Re: Recursive submodule confusing output (bug?)
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Hello,

I am running:

    git submodule update --recursive

And get the output:

    Submodule path 'Submodules/evernote-ios-sdk': checked out
'391ca643c5b1cd02e9fa869a6b0760436ea452ed'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/facebook-ios-sdk': checked out
'ada467f754febd4f2871d15943e9be16b323f114'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/objectiveflickr': checked out
'f474a78c807b5fa0c887bf8efaead5be1da637ec'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/sskeychain': checked out
'8252a69cdfea562223d4dc2e2ccaf01b752d2cc6'

This is a little confusing to me, would this be more appropriate?

    Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/evernote-ios-sdk':
checked out '391ca643c5b1cd02e9fa869a6b0760436ea452ed'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/facebook-ios-sdk':
checked out 'ada467f754febd4f2871d15943e9be16b323f114'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/objectiveflickr':
checked out 'f474a78c807b5fa0c887bf8efaead5be1da637ec'
    Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/sskeychain':
checked out '8252a69cdfea562223d4dc2e2ccaf01b752d2cc6'

Please let me know if this is something I may fix.

Thank you,
William Entriken

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## Jens Lehmann, 2013-02-18 19:35

Subject: Re: Recursive submodule confusing output (bug?)
Message-ID: <51228287.1070202@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/51228287.1070202%40web.de
In-Reply-To: <CAFwrLX5nPvySfA05CLgdfoNt-pzQbCq0o+LtGJxZyVwP0EyHcg@mail.gmail.com>

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Am 18.02.2013 16:58, schrieb Will Entriken:
> I am running:
> 
>     git submodule update --recursive
> 
> And get the output:
> 
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/evernote-ios-sdk': checked out
> '391ca643c5b1cd02e9fa869a6b0760436ea452ed'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/facebook-ios-sdk': checked out
> 'ada467f754febd4f2871d15943e9be16b323f114'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/objectiveflickr': checked out
> 'f474a78c807b5fa0c887bf8efaead5be1da637ec'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/sskeychain': checked out
> '8252a69cdfea562223d4dc2e2ccaf01b752d2cc6'
> 
> This is a little confusing to me, would this be more appropriate?
> 
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/evernote-ios-sdk':
> checked out '391ca643c5b1cd02e9fa869a6b0760436ea452ed'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/facebook-ios-sdk':
> checked out 'ada467f754febd4f2871d15943e9be16b323f114'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/objectiveflickr':
> checked out 'f474a78c807b5fa0c887bf8efaead5be1da637ec'
>     Submodule path 'Submodules/ShareKit/Submodules/sskeychain':
> checked out '8252a69cdfea562223d4dc2e2ccaf01b752d2cc6'

Yes. (I assume from the output that you have a submodule named
"Submodules/ShareKit/" in the superproject which itself contains
those four submodules inside another "Submodules" directory)

> Please let me know if this is something I may fix.

Sure, go ahead! (I just checked, cmd_update() is the only function
in git-submodule.sh without prefix handling; see cmd_foreach() for
an example of how to do that). And - if you're not already familiar
with it - you'll find a detailed description on how to prepare your
fix in "Documentation/SubmittingPatches".

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