On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:13:14PM +0100, Marc Strapetz wrote: > git -c credential.helper=helper submodule update --init submodule > > does not invoke "helper", but falls back to the default strategies. > When configuring in ~/.gitconfig: > > [credential] > helper=helper > > git submodule update --init submodule > > works fine. This behavior is somewhat unexpected -- is this a bug or by > intention? In case intention, what's the recommended way to "inject" > credentials helpers to work on submodules without modifying Git's config > files? > > Tested with Git 2.5.0 (Windows). I think the problem is that when git "switches" to working in the submodule repository, it clears the environment, which includes any "-c" command switches. This makes sense for some situations, but not for others. This thread shows a similar problem: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/264840 Jens suggested there adding an option to tell clone to pass specific variables to the submodule, which I think makes sense. AFAIK, nobody has done any work yet on that approach. -Peff -- 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