Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c >> index bef9ab22d4..f53808d995 100644 >> --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c >> +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c >> @@ -2672,6 +2677,11 @@ static int run_update_procedure(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> &update_data.update_strategy); >> >> free(prefixed_path); >> + /* >> + * This entry point is always called from a submodule, so this is a >> + * good place to set a hint that this repo is a submodule. >> + */ >> + git_config_set("submodule.hasSuperproject", "true"); >> return update_submodule2(&update_data); >> } > > That matched my tentative resolution I made last night, but what do > you think about this part of the test added by the patch? > > diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh > index 11cccbb333..ec2397fc69 100755 > --- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh > +++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh > @@ -1061,4 +1061,12 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update --quiet passes quietness to fetch with a s > ) > ' > > +test_expect_success 'submodule update adds submodule.hasSuperproject to older repos' ' > + (cd super && > + test_unconfig submodule.hasSuperproject && > + git submodule update && > + test_cmp_config -C submodule true --type=bool submodule.hasSuperproject > + ) > +' > + > test_done > > We go to "super", make sure that superproject does not have > submodule.hasSuperproject set, run "git submodule update", and see > if the configuration file in "submodule" subdirectory has the > variable set. It does not clear the variable from the submodule > before starting, so the variable given to the submodule when it was > cloned would be there, even if "git submodule update" failed to set > it. > > I am wondering if it should do something like the attached instead. > > We > > * clear the variable from "super" and "super/submodule" > repositories; > > * run "git submodule update"; > > * ensure that "git submodule update" did not touch "super/.git/config"; > > * ensure that "git submodule update" added the variable to > "super/submodule/.git/config". > > Clearing the variable from "super" is technically wrong because the > repository is set up as a submodule of "recursivesuper" and if we > had further tests, we should restore it in "super", but the point is > that we are makng sure "git submodule update" sets the variable in > the configuration file of the submodule, and not in the superproject's. Yes, the test you've described is closer to what I thought the original test was trying to do. Seeing this test pass gave me a false sense of confidence hm.. > With the conflict resolution above, this "corrected" test fails and > shows that superproject's configuration file is updated after "git > submodule update". > > This series alone, without your topic, this "corrected" test fails, > and that is where my "are we sure we are mucking with the > configuration file in the submodule"? comes from. Yeah looks like we aren't in the submodule after all: out=$(git submodule--helper run-update-procedure \ ${wt_prefix:+--prefix "$wt_prefix"} \ ${GIT_QUIET:+--quiet} \ ${force:+--force} \ ${just_cloned:+--just-cloned} \ ${nofetch:+--no-fetch} \ ${depth:+"$depth"} \ ${update:+--update "$update"} \ ${prefix:+--recursive-prefix "$prefix"} \ ${sha1:+--oid "$sha1"} \ ${subsha1:+--suboid "$subsha1"} \ "--" \ "$sm_path") This says "do the update at this submodule path", but this is being run from the superproject. So I suppose the way forward is one of the following: - Revert my original suggestion - Revert my original suggestion AND remove the git_config_set from "module_clone()" (before this, we unconditionally set this value in git-submodule.sh anyway) - Set the config in the submodule even though we are running from the superproject (this is possible, ensure_core_worktree() does this). In any case, sorry for the faulty suggestion :(