Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We may want to discuss the error message. It is the same as in the case > before (git-fetch <no args>), this is good for translation, but may be bad > for the user as we may want to give extra information. > ("We fetched for you and it worked, however the sha1 was not included, > so we fetched again the server broke it, so we error out. You used to > see error message: ....") > > Although this may be too much information? Now the "go to that submodule directory and see if $sha1 is reachable from any of the ref" check is written twice exactly the same way, it deserves to become a small helper function, I think. Perhaps something along this line? git-submodule.sh | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh index 9bc5c5f..836348f 100755 --- a/git-submodule.sh +++ b/git-submodule.sh @@ -591,6 +591,24 @@ cmd_deinit() done } +is_tip_reachable () ( + clear_local_git_env + cd "$1" && + rev=$(git rev-list -n 1 "$2" --not --all 2>/dev/null) && + test -z "$rev" +) + +fetch_in_submodule () ( + clear_local_git_env + cd "$1" && + case "$2" in + '') + git fetch ;; + *) + git fetch $(get_default_remote) "$2" ;; + esac +) + # # Update each submodule path to correct revision, using clone and checkout as needed # @@ -745,9 +763,14 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")" then # Run fetch only if $sha1 isn't present or it # is not reachable from a ref. - (clear_local_git_env; cd "$sm_path" && - ( (rev=$(git rev-list -n 1 $sha1 --not --all 2>/dev/null) && - test -z "$rev") || git-fetch)) || + is_tip_reachable "$sm_path" "$sha1" || + fetch_in_submodule "$sm_path" || + die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$displaypath'")" + + # Now we tried the usual fetch, but $sha1 may + # not be reachable from any of the refs + is_tip_reachable "$sm_path" "$sha1" || + fetch_in_submodule "$sm_path" "$sha1" || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$displaypath'")" fi -- 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