On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:24:48 -0700 Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +static void connect_wt_gitdir_in_nested(const char *sub_worktree, > + const char *sub_gitdir) > +{ > + int i; > + struct repository subrepo; > + struct strbuf sub_wt = STRBUF_INIT; > + struct strbuf sub_gd = STRBUF_INIT; > + > + const struct submodule *sub; > + > + if (repo_init(&subrepo, sub_gitdir, sub_worktree)) > + return; If repo_init() fails, is it because the working tree doesn't exist on disk, so we don't need to perform any connections on submodules? I think a comment should be added to describe this. > + > + if (repo_read_index(&subrepo) < 0) > + die("index file corrupt in repo %s", subrepo.gitdir); > + > + for (i = 0; i < subrepo.index->cache_nr; i++) { > + const struct cache_entry *ce = subrepo.index->cache[i]; > + > + if (!S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode)) > + continue; > + > + while (i + 1 < subrepo.index->cache_nr && > + !strcmp(ce->name, subrepo.index->cache[i + 1]->name)) > + /* > + * Skip entries with the same name in different stages > + * to make sure an entry is returned only once. > + */ > + i++; > + > + sub = submodule_from_path(&subrepo, &null_oid, ce->name); > + if (!sub) > + /* submodule not checked out? */ > + continue; > + > + if (is_submodule_active(&subrepo, ce->name)) { Optional: This could be combined with the previous "if" block, so that the following lines don't need to be indented. > + strbuf_addf(&sub_wt, "%s/%s", sub_worktree, sub->path); > + strbuf_addf(&sub_gd, "%s/modules/%s", sub_gitdir, sub->name); > + > + connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(sub_wt.buf, sub_gd.buf, 0); > + connect_wt_gitdir_in_nested(sub_wt.buf, sub_gd.buf); What's the difference between having this call to connect_wt_gitdir_in_nested() and just passing 1 instead of 0 to connect_work_tree_and_git_dir()? I see that the latter uses absolute paths, but that would seem to have the same effect. (If not, I think a comment is warranted.) > + > + strbuf_reset(&sub_wt); > + strbuf_reset(&sub_gd); I think we normally write the resets before the strbuf_addf(), so that it's clearer that sub_wt and sub_gd are meant to start from scratch in every iteration. Overall, this version of the patch is clearer - thanks.