Hi, R0b0t1 wrote: > The issue is as follows: > > R0b0t1@host:~/devel/project$ git submodule add > https://github.com/user/project -f > Cloning into '/home/R0b0t1/devel/project/-f'... Thanks for reporting. Confusingly, I think this is intended behavior. "git help submodule" explains: add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>] Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path [etc] Since the -f comes after <repository>, it is a <path>. That said, there are a few related things wrong here. The usage string above says I can put "--" before the <repository> to make things extra unambiguous. But when I try that, I get the following result: $ git submodule add -- https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit -f Cloning into '/tmp/t/test/-f'... [...] Resolving deltas: 100% (215796/215796), done. /usr/lib/git-core/git-submodule: line 261: cd: -f: invalid option cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]] [-@]] [dir] Unable to checkout submodule '-f' If I try to put the "--" between <repository> and <path>, I get another confusing result: $ git submodule add https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit -- -f '--' already exists in the index "git help cli" is supposed to give advice about this kind of thing as well --- e.g., it gives some sound advice about what form of flags scripts should use (e.g., to always use the 'stuck' form --name=<name> instead of --name name). But it doesn't mention this issue of flags belonging before other arguments. Thoughts? Thanks, Jonathan
