[PATCH] submodule: absorb git dir instead of dying on deinit

["Mugdha Pattnaik via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: mugdha <mugdhapattnaik@xxxxxxxxx>

Currently, running 'git submodule deinit' on repos where the
submodule's '.git' is a folder aborts with a message that is not
exactly user friendly. Let's change this to instead warn the user
to rerun the command with '--force'.

This internally calls 'absorb_git_dir_into_superproject()', which
moves the '.git' folder into the superproject and replaces it with
a '.git' file. The rest of the deinit function can operate as it
already does with new-style submodules.

We also edit a test case such that it matches the new behaviour of
deinit.

Suggested-by: Atharva Raykar <raykar.ath@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mugdha Pattnaik <mugdhapattnaik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
    submodule: absorb git dir instead of dying on deinit
    
    We also edit a test case such that it matches the new behaviour of
    deinit.
    
    I have changed the 'cp -R ../.git/modules/example .git' to 'mv
    ../.git/modules/example .git' since, at the time of testing, the test
    would fail - deinit now would be moving the '.git' folder into the
    superproject's '.git/modules/' folder, and since this same folder
    already existed before, it was causing errors. So, before running
    deinit, instead of copying the '.git' folder into the submodule, if we
    move it there instead, this functionality can be appropriately tested.
    
    Thank you, Mugdha

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1078%2Fmugdhapattnaik%2Fsubmodule-deinit-absorbgitdirs-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1078/mugdhapattnaik/submodule-deinit-absorbgitdirs-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1078

 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh  | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index ef2776a9e45..253ddce1c41 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1539,16 +1539,23 @@ static void deinit_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
 		struct strbuf sb_rm = STRBUF_INIT;
 		const char *format;
 
-		/*
-		 * protect submodules containing a .git directory
-		 * NEEDSWORK: instead of dying, automatically call
-		 * absorbgitdirs and (possibly) warn.
-		 */
-		if (is_directory(sub_git_dir))
-			die(_("Submodule work tree '%s' contains a .git "
-			      "directory (use 'rm -rf' if you really want "
-			      "to remove it including all of its history)"),
-			    displaypath);
+		if (is_directory(sub_git_dir)) {
+			if (!(flags & OPT_FORCE))
+					die(_("Submodule work tree '%s' contains a "
+						  ".git directory (use --force if you want "
+						  "to move its contents to superproject's "
+						  "module folder and convert .git to a file "
+						  "and then proceed with deinit)"),
+						displaypath);
+
+			if (!(flags & OPT_QUIET)) {
+					warning(_("Submodule work tree '%s' contains a .git "
+							  "directory (this will be replaced with a "
+							  ".git file by using absorbgitdirs"),
+							displaypath);
+					absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(displaypath, flags);
+			}
+		}
 
 		if (!(flags & OPT_FORCE)) {
 			struct child_process cp_rm = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index cb1b8e35dbf..3df71478d06 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -1182,18 +1182,18 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule deinit is silent when used on an uninitialized su
 	rmdir init example2
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'submodule deinit fails when submodule has a .git directory even when forced' '
+test_expect_success 'submodule deinit fails when submodule has a .git directory unless forced' '
 	git submodule update --init &&
 	(
 		cd init &&
 		rm .git &&
-		cp -R ../.git/modules/example .git &&
+		mv ../.git/modules/example .git &&
 		GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config --unset core.worktree
 	) &&
 	test_must_fail git submodule deinit init &&
-	test_must_fail git submodule deinit -f init &&
-	test -d init/.git &&
-	test -n "$(git config --get-regexp "submodule\.example\.")"
+	git submodule deinit -f init &&
+	! test -d init/.git &&
+	test -z "$(git config --get-regexp "submodule\.example\.")"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'submodule with UTF-8 name' '

base-commit: c4203212e360b25a1c69467b5a8437d45a373cac
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