The current implementation of submodules supports on-demand fetch if there is no .gitmodules entry for a submodule. Let's add a test to document this behavior. Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh b/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh index 42251f7..43a22f6 100755 --- a/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh +++ b/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh @@ -478,7 +478,47 @@ test_expect_success "don't fetch submodule when newly recorded commits are alrea git fetch >../actual.out 2>../actual.err ) && ! test -s actual.out && - test_i18ncmp expect.err actual.err + test_i18ncmp expect.err actual.err && + ( + cd submodule && + git checkout -q master + ) +' + +test_expect_success "'fetch.recurseSubmodules=on-demand' works also without .gitmodule entry" ' + ( + cd downstream && + git fetch --recurse-submodules + ) && + add_upstream_commit && + head1=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) && + git add submodule && + git rm .gitmodules && + git commit -m "new submodule without .gitmodules" && + printf "" >expect.out && + head2=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) && + echo "From $pwd/." >expect.err.2 && + echo " $head1..$head2 master -> origin/master" >>expect.err.2 && + head -3 expect.err >>expect.err.2 && + ( + cd downstream && + rm .gitmodules && + git config fetch.recurseSubmodules on-demand && + # fake submodule configuration to avoid skipping submodule handling + git config -f .gitmodules submodule.fake.path fake && + git config -f .gitmodules submodule.fake.url fakeurl && + git add .gitmodules && + git config --unset submodule.submodule.url && + git fetch >../actual.out 2>../actual.err && + # cleanup + git config --unset fetch.recurseSubmodules && + git reset --hard + ) && + test_i18ncmp expect.out actual.out && + test_i18ncmp expect.err.2 actual.err && + git checkout HEAD^ -- .gitmodules && + git add .gitmodules && + git commit -m "new submodule restored .gitmodules" ' test_expect_success 'fetching submodules respects parallel settings' ' -- 2.10.0.129.g35f6318