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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh89
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7406-submodule-update.sh38
4 files changed, 135 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index bfef8a0c62..21cb59a6d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
- [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>]
- [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+ [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge|--checkout] [--reference <repository>]
+ [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
[commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
@@ -155,13 +155,31 @@ it contains local modifications.
update::
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
- checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
- This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or
- `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
- `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying
- `--checkout`. Setting the key `submodule.$name.update` to `!command`
- will cause `command` to be run. `command` can be any arbitrary shell
- command that takes a single argument, namely the sha1 to update to.
+ checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing
+ repository. The update mode defaults to `checkout`, but can be
+ configured with the `submodule.<name>.update` setting or the
+ `--rebase`, `--merge`, or `--checkout` options.
++
+For updates that clone missing submodules, checkout-mode updates will
+create submodules with detached HEADs; all other modes will create
+submodules with a local branch named after `submodule.<path>.branch`.
++
+For updates that do not clone missing submodules, the submodule's HEAD
+is only touched when the remote reference does not match the
+submodule's HEAD (for none-mode updates, the submodule is never
+touched). The remote reference is usually the gitlinked commit from
+the superproject's tree, but with `--remote` it is the upstream
+subproject's `submodule.<name>.branch`. This remote reference is
+integrated with the submodule's HEAD using the specified update mode.
+For checkout-mode updates, that will result in a detached HEAD. For
+rebase- and merge-mode updates, the commit referenced by the
+submodule's HEAD may change, but the symbolic reference will remain
+unchanged (i.e. checked-out branches will still be checked-out
+branches, and detached HEADs will still be detached HEADs). If none
+of the builtin modes fit your needs, set `submodule.<name>.update` to
+`!command` to configure a custom integration command. `command` can
+be any arbitrary shell command that takes a single argument, namely
+the sha1 to update to.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -281,6 +299,16 @@ In order to ensure a current tracking branch state, `update --remote`
fetches the submodule's remote repository before calculating the
SHA-1. If you don't want to fetch, you should use `submodule update
--remote --no-fetch`.
++
+Use this option to integrate changes from the upstream subproject with
+your submodule's current HEAD. Alternatively, you can run `git pull`
+from the submodule, which is equivalent except for the remote branch
+name: `update --remote` uses the default upstream repository and
+`submodule.<name>.branch`, while `git pull` uses the submodule's
+`branch.<name>.merge`. Prefer `submodule.<name>.branch` if you want
+to distribute the default upstream branch with the superproject and
+`branch.<name>.merge` if you want a more native feel while working in
+the submodule itself.
-N::
--no-fetch::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 347a9f76ee..f539e3f66a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ submodule.<name>.branch::
A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. See the
`--remote` documentation in linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details.
++
+This branch name is also used for the local branch created by
+non-checkout cloning updates. See the `update` documentation in
+linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details.
submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 4a30087768..a33f68d27c 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ module_name()
#
# Clone a submodule
#
+# $1 = submodule path
+# $2 = submodule name
+# $3 = URL to clone
+# $4 = reference repository to reuse (empty for independent)
+# $5 = depth argument for shallow clones (empty for deep)
+# $6 = (remote-tracking) starting point for the local branch (empty for HEAD)
+# $7 = local branch to create (empty for a detached HEAD, unless $6 is
+# also empty, in which case the local branch is left unchanged)
+#
# Prior to calling, cmd_update checks that a possibly existing
# path is not a git repository.
# Likewise, cmd_add checks that path does not exist at all,
@@ -253,6 +262,8 @@ module_clone()
url=$3
reference="$4"
depth="$5"
+ start_point="$6"
+ local_branch="$7"
quiet=
if test -n "$GIT_QUIET"
then
@@ -306,7 +317,16 @@ module_clone()
echo "gitdir: $rel/$a" >"$sm_path/.git"
rel=$(echo $a | sed -e 's|[^/][^/]*|..|g')
- (clear_local_git_env; cd "$sm_path" && GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config core.worktree "$rel/$b")
+ (
+ clear_local_git_env
+ cd "$sm_path" &&
+ GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config core.worktree "$rel/$b" &&
+ # ash fails to wordsplit ${local_branch:+-B "$local_branch"...}
+ case "$local_branch" in
+ '') git checkout -f -q ${start_point:+"$start_point"} ;;
+ ?*) git checkout -f -q -B "$local_branch" ${start_point:+"$start_point"} ;;
+ esac
+ ) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to setup cloned submodule '\$sm_path'")"
}
isnumber()
@@ -469,16 +489,15 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
echo "$(eval_gettext "Reactivating local git directory for submodule '\$sm_name'.")"
fi
fi
- module_clone "$sm_path" "$sm_name" "$realrepo" "$reference" "$depth" || exit
- (
- clear_local_git_env
- cd "$sm_path" &&
- # ash fails to wordsplit ${branch:+-b "$branch"...}
- case "$branch" in
- '') git checkout -f -q ;;
- ?*) git checkout -f -q -B "$branch" "origin/$branch" ;;
- esac
- ) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout submodule '\$sm_path'")"
+ if test -n "$branch"
+ then
+ start_point="origin/$branch"
+ local_branch="$branch"
+ else
+ start_point=""
+ local_branch=""
+ fi
+ module_clone "$sm_path" "$sm_name" "$realrepo" "$reference" "$depth" "$start_point" "$local_branch" || exit
fi
git config submodule."$sm_name".url "$realrepo"
@@ -799,32 +818,35 @@ cmd_update()
fi
name=$(module_name "$sm_path") || exit
url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
- branch=$(get_submodule_config "$name" branch master)
+ config_branch=$(get_submodule_config "$name" branch)
+ branch="${config_branch:-master}"
+ local_branch="$branch"
if ! test -z "$update"
then
update_module=$update
else
update_module=$(git config submodule."$name".update)
- case "$update_module" in
- '')
- ;; # Unset update mode
- checkout | rebase | merge | none)
- ;; # Known update modes
- !*)
- ;; # Custom update command
- *)
- die "$(eval_gettext "Invalid update mode '$update_module' for submodule '$name'")"
- ;;
- esac
+ if test -z "$update_module"
+ then
+ update_module="checkout"
+ fi
fi
displaypath=$(relative_path "$prefix$sm_path")
- if test "$update_module" = "none"
- then
+ case "$update_module" in
+ none)
echo "Skipping submodule '$displaypath'"
continue
- fi
+ ;;
+ checkout)
+ local_branch=""
+ ;;
+ rebase | merge | !*)
+ ;;
+ *)
+ die "$(eval_gettext "Invalid update mode '$update_module' for submodule '$name'")"
+ esac
if test -z "$url"
then
@@ -838,7 +860,8 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")"
if ! test -d "$sm_path"/.git -o -f "$sm_path"/.git
then
- module_clone "$sm_path" "$name" "$url" "$reference" "$depth" || exit
+ start_point="origin/${branch}"
+ module_clone "$sm_path" "$name" "$url" "$reference" "$depth" "$start_point" "$local_branch" || exit
cloned_modules="$cloned_modules;$name"
subsha1=
else
@@ -884,11 +907,16 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")"
case ";$cloned_modules;" in
*";$name;"*)
# then there is no local change to integrate
- update_module= ;;
+ update_module='!git reset --hard -q'
esac
must_die_on_failure=
case "$update_module" in
+ checkout)
+ command="git checkout $subforce -q"
+ die_msg="$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout '\$sha1' in submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
+ say_msg="$(eval_gettext "Submodule path '\$displaypath': checked out '\$sha1'")"
+ ;;
rebase)
command="git rebase"
die_msg="$(eval_gettext "Unable to rebase '\$sha1' in submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
@@ -908,10 +936,7 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")"
must_die_on_failure=yes
;;
*)
- command="git checkout $subforce -q"
- die_msg="$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout '\$sha1' in submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
- say_msg="$(eval_gettext "Submodule path '\$displaypath': checked out '\$sha1'")"
- ;;
+ die "$(eval_gettext "Invalid update mode '$update_module' for submodule '$name'")"
esac
if (clear_local_git_env; cd "$sm_path" && $command "$sha1")
diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
index 0246e80b1a..28ca76384f 100755
--- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ test_expect_success 'setup a submodule tree' '
git submodule add ../none none &&
test_tick &&
git commit -m "none"
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git tag initial-setup
)
'
@@ -703,7 +706,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update places git-dir in superprojects git-dir re
git clone super_update_r super_update_r2 &&
(cd super_update_r2 &&
git submodule update --init --recursive >actual &&
- test_i18ngrep "Submodule path .submodule/subsubmodule.: checked out" actual &&
+ test_i18ngrep "Submodule path .submodule/subsubmodule.: .git reset --hard -q" actual &&
(cd submodule/subsubmodule &&
git log > ../../expected
) &&
@@ -775,4 +778,37 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update --recursive drops module name before recur
)
'
+test_expect_success 'submodule update --checkout clones detached HEAD' '
+ git clone super super4 &&
+ echo "detached HEAD" >expected &&
+ (cd super4 &&
+ git reset --hard initial-setup &&
+ git submodule init submodule &&
+ git submodule update >> /tmp/log 2>&1 &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ git symbolic-ref HEAD > ../../actual ||
+ echo "detached HEAD" > ../../actual
+ )
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp actual expected &&
+ rm -rf super4
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule update --merge clones attached HEAD' '
+ git clone super super4 &&
+ echo "refs/heads/master" >expected &&
+ (cd super4 &&
+ git reset --hard initial-setup &&
+ git submodule init submodule &&
+ git config submodule.submodule.update merge &&
+ git submodule update --merge &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ git symbolic-ref HEAD > ../../actual ||
+ echo "detached HEAD" > ../../actual
+ )
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp actual expected &&
+ rm -rf super4
+'
+
test_done