Hi,
Stefan Beller wrote:
> In the function push_submodule[1] we use add_submodule_odb[2] to determine
> if a submodule has been populated. However the function does not work with
> the submodules objects that are added, instead a new child process is used
> to perform the actual push in the submodule.
>
> Use is_submodule_populated[3] that is cheaper to guard from unpopulated
> submodules.
>
> [1] 'push_submodule' was added in eb21c732d6 (push: teach
> --recurse-submodules the on-demand option, 2012-03-29)
> [2] 'add_submodule_odb' was introduced in 752c0c2492 (Add the
> --submodule option to the diff option family, 2009-10-19)
> [3] 'is_submodule_populated' was added in 5688c28d81 (submodules:
> add helper to determine if a submodule is populated, 2016-12-16)
These footnotes don't answer the question that I really have: why did
this use add_submodule_odb in the first place?
E.g. did the ref iteration code require access to the object store
previously and stop requiring it later?
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> submodule.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
> index da2b484879..55afad3e8c 100644
> --- a/submodule.c
> +++ b/submodule.c
> @@ -976,7 +976,9 @@ static int push_submodule(const char *path,
> const struct string_list *push_options,
> int dry_run)
> {
> - if (add_submodule_odb(path))
> + int code;
> +
> + if (!is_submodule_populated_gently(path, &code))
Should this examine the code to distinguish between hard errors
(e.g. "Error reading .git") and a missing repository?
Thanks,
Jonathan
