On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am 02.07.2013 12:12, schrieb Chris Packham: >> --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt >> @@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ update:: >> This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or >> `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to >> `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying >> - `--checkout`. >> + `--checkout`. Setting the key `submodule.$name.update` to `!command` >> + will cause `command` to be run. `command` can be any arbitrary shell >> + command that takes a single argument, namely the sha1 to update to. >> + >> If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the >> setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the >> @@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ If `--force` is specified, the submodule will be checked out (using >> `git checkout --force` if appropriate), even if the commit specified in the >> index of the containing repository already matches the commit checked out in >> the submodule. >> ++ >> >> summary:: >> Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and > > I'm not sure this change is necessary ;-) > Not necessary because it should be documented in Documentation/config.txt instead, or not necessary because it's a niche feature that doesn't need to be advertised? >> diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh >> index eb58c8e..a7c2375 100755 >> --- a/git-submodule.sh >> +++ b/git-submodule.sh >> @@ -799,6 +799,12 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")" >> say_msg="$(eval_gettext "Submodule path '\$prefix\$sm_path': merged in '\$sha1'")" >> must_die_on_failure=yes >> ;; >> + !*) >> + command="${update_module#!}" >> + die_msg="$(eval_gettext "Unable to exec '\$command \$sha1' in submodule path '\$prefix\$sm_path'")" > > Hmm, "Unable to exec" does not quite cut it, as the command was executed > but returned an error, right? Maybe something like this: > > Execution of '\$command \$sha1' failed in submodule path '\$prefix\$sm_path' > Will include in v4 once I write some tests. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html