On OSX `wc` prefixes the output of numbers with whitespace, such that the `commit_count` would be "SP <NUMBER>". When using that in git submodule update --init --depth=$commit_count the depth would be empty and the number is interpreted as the pathspec. Fix this by not using `wc` and rather instruct rev-list to count. Another way to fix this is to remove the `=` sign after the `--depth` argument as then we are allowed to have more than just one whitespace between `--depth` and the actual number. Prefer the solution of rev-list counting as that is expected to be slightly faster and more self-sustained within Git. Reported-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>, Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- origin/sb/submodule-update-dot-branch t/t7406-submodule-update.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh index d7983cf..64f322c 100755 --- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh +++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update clone shallow submodule' ' test_when_finished "rm -rf super3" && first=$(git -C cloned submodule status submodule |cut -c2-41) && second=$(git -C submodule rev-parse HEAD) && - commit_count=$(git -C submodule rev-list $first^..$second | wc -l) && + commit_count=$(git -C submodule rev-list --count $first^..$second) && git clone cloned super3 && pwd=$(pwd) && ( -- 2.9.2.665.gdb8bb2f -- 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