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| author |  Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> | 2019-12-02 11:57:52 -0800 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-12-03 08:49:45 -0800 |
| commit | 4f3e57ef13d0ad4c00d0a87f0858cde81456a2e0 (patch) | |
| tree | cb86a3bd9dcb28f554950037e5f8f10acac393bf /Documentation/config/branch.txt | |
| parent | Doc: explain submodule.alternateErrorStrategy (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4f3e57ef13d0ad4c00d0a87f0858cde81456a2e0.tar.xz | |
submodule--helper: advise on fatal alternate error
When recursively cloning a superproject with some shallow modules
defined in its .gitmodules, then recloning with "--reference=<path>", an
error occurs. For example:
git clone --recurse-submodules --branch=master -j8 \
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/superproject \
master
git clone --recurse-submodules --branch=master -j8 \
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/superproject \
--reference master master2
fails with:
fatal: submodule '<snip>' cannot add alternate: reference repository
'<snip>' is shallow
When a alternate computed from the superproject's alternate cannot be
added, whether in this case or another, advise about configuring the
"submodule.alternateErrorStrategy" configuration option and using
"--reference-if-able" instead of "--reference" when cloning.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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