David Turner <dturner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > If you have ever initialized a submodule, open_submodule will open it. > If you then delete the submodule's worktree directory (but don't > remove it from .gitmodules), git diff --submodule=diff would crash as > it attempted to chdir into the now-deleted working tree directory. Hmph. So what does the failure look like? The child process inside start_command() attempts chdir() and reports CHILD_ERR_CHDIR back, and we catch it as an error by reading from notify_pipe[0] and report failure from start_command()? Or are we talking about a more severe "crash" of an uncontrolled kind? Bypassing the execution of diff in the submodule like this patch does may avoid such a failure, but is that all we need to "fix" this issue? What does the user expect after removing a submodule that way and runs "diff" with the "--submodule=diff" option? Shouldn't we be giving "all lines from all files have been removed" patch? Thanks. > Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > submodule.c | 3 ++ > t/t4060-diff-submodule-option-diff-format.sh | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c > index 0b1d9c1dde..9031527a16 100644 > --- a/submodule.c > +++ b/submodule.c > @@ -673,6 +673,9 @@ void show_submodule_inline_diff(struct diff_options *o, const char *path, > !(right || is_null_oid(two))) > goto done; > > + if (!is_directory(path)) > + goto done; > + > if (left) > old_oid = one; > if (right) > diff --git a/t/t4060-diff-submodule-option-diff-format.sh b/t/t4060-diff-submodule-option-diff-format.sh > index 69b9946931..10e330c08a 100755 > --- a/t/t4060-diff-submodule-option-diff-format.sh > +++ b/t/t4060-diff-submodule-option-diff-format.sh > @@ -703,10 +703,26 @@ test_expect_success 'path filter' ' > diff_cmp expected actual > ' > > -commit_file sm2 > +cat >.gitmodules <<-EOF > +[submodule "sm2"] > + path = sm2 > + url = bogus_url > +EOF > +git add .gitmodules > +commit_file sm2 .gitmodules > + > test_expect_success 'given commit' ' > git diff-index -p --submodule=diff HEAD^ >actual && > cat >expected <<-EOF && > + diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules > + new file mode 100644 > + index 1234567..89abcde > + --- /dev/null > + +++ b/.gitmodules > + @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ > + +[submodule "sm2"] > + +path = sm2 > + +url = bogus_url > Submodule sm1 $head7...0000000 (submodule deleted) > Submodule sm2 0000000...$head9 (new submodule) > diff --git a/sm2/foo8 b/sm2/foo8 > @@ -728,15 +744,21 @@ test_expect_success 'given commit' ' > ' > > test_expect_success 'setup .git file for sm2' ' > - (cd sm2 && > - REAL="$(pwd)/../.real" && > - mv .git "$REAL" && > - echo "gitdir: $REAL" >.git) > + git submodule absorbgitdirs sm2 > ' > > test_expect_success 'diff --submodule=diff with .git file' ' > git diff --submodule=diff HEAD^ >actual && > cat >expected <<-EOF && > + diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules > + new file mode 100644 > + index 1234567..89abcde > + --- /dev/null > + +++ b/.gitmodules > + @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ > + +[submodule "sm2"] > + +path = sm2 > + +url = bogus_url > Submodule sm1 $head7...0000000 (submodule deleted) > Submodule sm2 0000000...$head9 (new submodule) > diff --git a/sm2/foo8 b/sm2/foo8 > @@ -757,6 +779,19 @@ test_expect_success 'diff --submodule=diff with .git file' ' > diff_cmp expected actual > ' > > +mv sm2 sm2-bak > + > +test_expect_success 'deleted submodule with .git file' ' > + git diff-index -p --submodule=diff HEAD >actual && > + cat >expected <<-EOF && > + Submodule sm1 $head7...0000000 (submodule deleted) > + Submodule sm2 $head9...0000000 (submodule deleted) > + EOF > + diff_cmp expected actual > +' > + > +mv sm2-bak sm2 > + > test_expect_success 'setup nested submodule' ' > git submodule add -f ./sm2 && > git commit -a -m "add sm2" &&