Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] submodules: add helper functions to determine presence of submodules

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On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:54:44PM -0800, Brandon Williams wrote:

> > I think this more robust check is probably a good idea, that way we
> > don't step into a submodule with a .git directory that isn't really a
> > .git dir.
> 
> Looks like this is a no-go as well...the call to is_git_directory() ends
> up calling real_path...which ends up performing the chdir call, which
> puts us right back to where we started!  (as a side note I was using
> is_git_directory else where...which I now know I can't use)

Bleh. Looks like it happens as part of the recently-added
get_common_dir(). I'm not sure if that is ever relevant for submodules,
but I guess in theory you could have a submodule clone that is part of a
worktree?

-Peff



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