I dit some more testing. It is important for the bug to occur that all submodules are initialised. So my suggestion is not yet complete, you need to add the line git submodule update --recursive --init Below is a complete script that show the bug occurring: mkdir repo1 && mkdir repo2 && ( cd repo1 && git init && echo "test" >> test.test && git add . && git commit -m "initial commit" ) && ( cd repo2 && git init && git submodule add ../repo1 && git commit -a -m "added submod" ) && #create the directory to test in ( mkdir testdir && cd testdir && git init && git submodule add ../repo2 && git commit -m "added full structure" && #important to initialise .git files! git submodule update --recursive --init ) && ( cd testdir && mkdir 2015 && git mv repo2 2015 && git status ) 2016-06-28 9:13 GMT+03:00 Bart Bogaerts <bartbogaerts@xxxxxxxxx>: > The only thing I still see that might cause the bug is that there is no > > git submodule update --recursive > > present in your test cases . > This command creates the .git file in the nested subsubmodule > It is that .git file that is not correctly updated in the move. > > So after the line > + git submodule add ./outer_sub ./deep/outer_sub && > I would add > + git submodule update -- recursive && > > 2016-06-28 3:15 GMT+03:00 Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> This tries to reproduce the error as pointed out in >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32782382/git-moving-submodules-recursively-nested-submodules >> but the tests pass. This still seems to be missing a detail. >> >> Bart any idea how this setup may be different than what you have? >> Instead of applying the patch, you can also checkout >> https://github.com/stefanbeller/git/tree/submodule_recursive_mv_test >> which is the patch below applied on top of Junios (the maintainer) master branch. >> To look around on the filesystem, you can drop "test_pause &&" in a test and >> then run the test with `(cd t && ./t7001-mv.sh -v)` (more info how to run tests >> in the Git test suite in t/README, maybe -i -v -x are interested) >> >> Thanks, >> Stefan >> >> t/t7001-mv.sh | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh >> index 4a2570e..404e5bd 100755 >> --- a/t/t7001-mv.sh >> +++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh >> @@ -295,6 +295,28 @@ test_expect_success 'setup submodule' ' >> mkdir -p deep/directory/hierachy && >> git submodule add ./. deep/directory/hierachy/sub && >> git commit -m "added another submodule" && >> + mkdir inner_sub && >> + ( >> + cd inner_sub && >> + git init && >> + test_commit initial >> + ) && >> + mkdir outer_sub && >> + ( >> + cd outer_sub && >> + git init && >> + test_commit initial && >> + git submodule add ../inner_sub && >> + git commit -a -m "add an inner submodule" >> + ) && >> + git submodule add ./outer_sub ./deep/outer_sub && >> + git commit -a -m "add outer sub" && >> + git -C deep ls-tree HEAD |cut -f 2 >actual && >> + cat >expect <<-EOF && >> + directory >> + outer_sub >> + EOF >> + test_cmp expect actual && >> git branch submodule >> ' >> >> @@ -488,6 +510,27 @@ test_expect_success 'moving a submodule in nested directories' ' >> git config -f ../.gitmodules submodule.deep/directory/hierachy/sub.path >../actual && >> echo "directory/hierachy/sub" >../expect >> ) && >> + test_cmp actual expect && >> + git commit -a -m "mv a submodule in nested dir" >> +' >> + >> +test_expect_success 'moving a submodule with a nested submodule' ' >> + git mv deep/outer_sub outer_sub_moved && >> + # git status would fail if the update of linking git dir to >> + # work dir of the submodule failed. >> + git status && >> + git config -f .gitmodules submodule.deep/outer_sub.path >actual && >> + echo "outer_sub_moved" >expect && >> + test_cmp actual expect >> +' >> + >> +test_expect_success 'moving back the submodule with a nested submodule' ' >> + git mv outer_sub_moved deep/outer_sub && >> + # git status would fail if the update of linking git dir to >> + # work dir of the submodule failed. >> + git status && >> + git config -f .gitmodules submodule.deep/outer_sub.path >actual && >> + echo "deep/outer_sub" >expect && >> test_cmp actual expect >> ' >> >> -- >> 2.9.0.4.g35eb263.dirty >> > > > > -- > Bart Bogaerts -- Bart Bogaerts -- 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