Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I think we should instead enumerate submodule repositories, instead > of enumerating existing .git/FETCH_HEAD files. Perhaps something along this line? t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git c/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh w/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh index 8ffb300f2d..dcdbe26a08 100755 --- c/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh +++ w/t/t5526-fetch-submodules.sh @@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ test_expect_success "fetch --recurse-submodules recurses into submodules" ' test_expect_success "fetch --recurse-submodules honors --no-write-fetch-head" ' ( cd downstream && - fh=$(find . -name FETCH_HEAD -type f) && - rm -f $fh && + git submodule foreach --recursive \ + sh -c "cd \"\$(git rev-parse --git-dir)\" && rm -f FETCH_HEAD" && + git fetch --recurse-submodules --no-write-fetch-head && - for f in $fh - do - test_path_is_missing $f || return 1 - done + + git submodule foreach --recursive \ + sh -c "cd \"\$(git rev-parse --git-dir)\" && ! test -f FETCH_HEAD" ) '