Just a few lines after the deleted code we call safe_create_leading_directories_const(path + "/.git") so the check is done twice without action in between. Remove the first check. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/submodule--helper.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index 88002ca..914e561 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -212,11 +212,7 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) } /* Write a .git file in the submodule to redirect to the superproject. */ - if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(path) < 0) - die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), path); - strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", path); - if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(sb.buf) < 0) die(_("could not create leading directories of '%s'"), sb.buf); submodule_dot_git = fopen(sb.buf, "w"); -- 2.5.0.264.g4004fdc.dirty -- 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