Hi Morian, On Mon, 24 Jun 2019, Morian Sonnet wrote: > Calling > > git submodule foreach --recursive <subcommand> --<option> > > leads to an error stating that the option --<option> is unknown to > submodule--helper. That is of course only, when <option> is not a valid > option for git submodule foreach. > > The reason for this is, that above call is internally translated into a > call to submodule--helper: > > git submodule--helper foreach --recursive \ > -- <subcommand> --<option> > > This call starts by executing the subcommand with its option inside the > first first level submodule and continues by calling the next iteration > of the submodule foreach call > > git --super-prefix <submodulepath> submodule--helper \ > foreach --recursive <subcommand> --<option> > > inside the first level submodule. Note that the double dash in front of > the subcommand is missing. > > This problem starts to arise only recently, as the > PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN flag for the argument parsing of git submodule > foreach was removed in commit a282f5a906. Hence, the unknown option is > complained about now, as the argument parsing is not properly ended by > the double dash. > > This commit fixes the problem by adding the double dash in front of the > subcommand during the recursion. > > Signed-off-by: Morian Sonnet <moriansonnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This version indeed addresses all my outstanding comments. Thank you! Johannes > --- > builtin/submodule--helper.c | 1 + > t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c > index 0bf4aa088e..afaf0819c9 100644 > --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c > +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c > @@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ static void runcommand_in_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item, > if (info->quiet) > argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--quiet"); > > + argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--"); > argv_array_pushv(&cpr.args, info->argv); > > if (run_command(&cpr)) > diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh > index 706ae762e0..43da184d40 100755 > --- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh > +++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh > @@ -421,4 +421,11 @@ test_expect_success 'option-like arguments passed to foreach commands are not lo > test_cmp expected actual > ' > > +test_expect_success 'option-like arguments passed to foreach recurse correctly' ' > + git -C clone2 submodule foreach --recursive "echo be --an-option" > expected && > + git -C clone2 submodule foreach --recursive echo be --an-option > actual && > + grep -e "--an-option" expected && > + test_cmp expected actual > +' > + > test_done > -- > 2.20.1 > >
