When a submodule has its git dir inside the working dir, the submodule
support for checkout that we plan to add in a later patch will fail.
Add functionality to migrate the git directory to be embedded
into the superprojects git directory.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 15 ++++++++++++-
builtin/submodule--helper.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
git-submodule.sh | 7 ++++++-
submodule.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
submodule.h | 1 +
t/t7412-submodule-interngitdirs.sh | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 t/t7412-submodule-interngitdirs.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index d841573475..80d55350eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
-
+'git submodule' [--quiet] interngitdirs [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -245,6 +245,19 @@ sync::
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and sync any nested submodules within.
+interngitdirs::
+ Move the git directory of submodules into its superprojects
+ `$GIT_DIR/modules` path and then connect the git directory and
+ its working directory by setting the `core.worktree` and adding
+ a .git file pointing to the git directory interned into the
+ superproject.
++
+ A repository that was cloned independently and later added
+ as a submodule or old setups have the submodules git directory
+ inside the submodule instead of the
++
+ This command is recursive by default.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 4beeda5f9f..256f8e9439 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,36 @@ static int resolve_remote_submodule_branch(int argc, const char **argv,
return 0;
}
+static int intern_git_dir(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct pathspec pathspec;
+ struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+
+ struct option intern_gitdir_options[] = {
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+
+ const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+ N_("git submodule--helper intern-git-dir [<path>...]"),
+ NULL
+ };
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, intern_gitdir_options,
+ git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+ gitmodules_config();
+ git_config(submodule_config, NULL);
+
+ if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
+ migrate_submodule_gitdir(list.entries[i]->name);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
struct cmd_struct {
const char *cmd;
int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
@@ -1090,7 +1120,8 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
{"resolve-relative-url", resolve_relative_url},
{"resolve-relative-url-test", resolve_relative_url_test},
{"init", module_init},
- {"remote-branch", resolve_remote_submodule_branch}
+ {"remote-branch", resolve_remote_submodule_branch},
+ {"intern-git-dir", intern_git_dir}
};
int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index a024a135d6..747e934df2 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@ cmd_sync()
done
}
+cmd_interngitdirs()
+{
+ git submodule--helper intern-git-dir "$@"
+}
+
# This loop parses the command line arguments to find the
# subcommand name to dispatch. Parsing of the subcommand specific
# options are primarily done by the subcommand implementations.
@@ -1140,7 +1145,7 @@ cmd_sync()
while test $# != 0 && test -z "$command"
do
case "$1" in
- add | foreach | init | deinit | update | status | summary | sync)
+ add | foreach | init | deinit | update | status | summary | sync | interngitdirs)
command=$1
;;
-q|--quiet)
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 66c5ce5a24..99befdba85 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1263,3 +1263,46 @@ void prepare_submodule_repo_env(struct argv_array *out)
}
argv_array_push(out, "GIT_DIR=.git");
}
+
+/*
+ * Migrate the given submodule (and all its submodules recursively) from
+ * having its git directory within the working tree to the git dir nested
+ * in its superprojects git dir under modules/.
+ */
+void migrate_submodule_gitdir(const char *path)
+{
+ char *old_git_dir;
+ const char *new_git_dir;
+ const struct submodule *sub;
+ struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+ cp.git_cmd = 1;
+ cp.no_stdin = 1;
+ cp.dir = path;
+ argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "submodule", "foreach", "--recursive",
+ "git", "submodule--helper" "intern-git-dir", NULL);
+
+ if (run_command(&cp))
+ die(_("Could not migrate git directory in submodule '%s'"),
+ path);
+
+ old_git_dir = xstrfmt("%s/.git", path);
+ if (read_gitfile(old_git_dir))
+ /* If it is an actual gitfile, it doesn't need migration. */
+ goto out;
+
+ sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+ if (!sub)
+ die(_("Could not lookup name for submodule '%s'"),
+ path);
+ new_git_dir = git_common_path("modules/%s", sub->name);
+ mkdir_in_gitdir(".git/modules");
+
+ if (rename(old_git_dir, new_git_dir) < 0)
+ die_errno(_("Could not migrate git directory from '%s' to '%s'"),
+ old_git_dir, new_git_dir);
+
+ connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(path, new_git_dir);
+out:
+ free(old_git_dir);
+}
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index d9e197a948..859026ecfa 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ int parallel_submodules(void);
*/
void prepare_submodule_repo_env(struct argv_array *out);
+extern void migrate_submodule_gitdir(const char *path);
#endif
diff --git a/t/t7412-submodule-interngitdirs.sh b/t/t7412-submodule-interngitdirs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8938a4c8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7412-submodule-interngitdirs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Test submodule interngitdirs
+
+This test verifies that `git submodue interngitdirs` moves a submodules git
+directory into the superproject.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup a real submodule' '
+ git init sub1 &&
+ test_commit -C sub1 first &&
+ git submodule add ./sub1 &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m superproject
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'intern the git dir' '
+ git submodule interngitdirs &&
+ test -f sub1/.git &&
+ test -d .git/modules/sub1 &&
+ # check that we did not break the repository:
+ git status
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup a gitlink with missing .gitmodules entry' '
+ git init sub2 &&
+ test_commit -C sub2 first &&
+ git add sub2 &&
+ git commit -m superproject
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'intern the git dir fails for incomplete submodules' '
+ test_must_fail git submodule interngitdirs &&
+ # check that we did not break the repository:
+ git status
+'
+
+test_done
+
--
2.11.0.rc2.18.g0126045.dirty