On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Albin Otterhäll <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've a submodule located in a subdirectory >> ({git_rep}/home/{directory}/{submodule}), and I wanted to move the whole >> directory up a level ({git_rep}/{directory}/{submodule}). But when I >> used 'git mv {directory} ../' the '.gitmodule' file didn't get modified. >> >> Best regards, >> Albin Otterhäll > > Thanks for the bug report! > Which version of Git do you use? (Did you try different versions?) I think I can reproduce the problem. A regression test (which currently fails) could look like diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh index 4008fae..3b96a9a 100755 --- a/t/t7001-mv.sh +++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh @@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ test_expect_success 'setup submodule' ' echo content >file && git add file && git commit -m "added sub and file" && + mkdir -p deep/directory/hierachy && + git submodule add ./. deep/directory/hierachy/sub && + git commit -m "added another submodule" && git branch submodule ' @@ -475,4 +478,14 @@ test_expect_success 'mv -k does not accidentally destroy submodules' ' git checkout . ' +test_expect_failure 'moving a submodule in nested directories' ' + ( + cd deep && + git mv directory ../ && + git status + # currently git status exits with 128 + # fatal: Not a git repository: directory/hierachy/sub/../../../../.git/modules/deep/directory/hierachy/sub + ) +' + test_done -- 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