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-rw-r--r--Makefile1
-rw-r--r--builtin/grep.c17
-rw-r--r--builtin/submodule--helper.c40
-rw-r--r--cache.h2
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh13
-rw-r--r--submodule-config.c68
-rw-r--r--submodule-config.h2
-rw-r--r--submodule.c28
-rw-r--r--submodule.h1
-rw-r--r--t/helper/test-submodule-nested-repo-config.c30
-rw-r--r--t/helper/test-tool.c1
-rw-r--r--t/helper/test-tool.h1
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7411-submodule-config.sh141
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7418-submodule-sparse-gitmodules.sh122
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7506-status-submodule.sh3
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh16
16 files changed, 454 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f77bf17597..016fdcdb81 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-sigchain.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-strcmp-offset.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-string-list.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-submodule-config.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-submodule-nested-repo-config.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-subprocess.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-urlmatch-normalization.o
TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-wildmatch.o
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index d8508ddf79..56e4a11052 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -422,11 +422,23 @@ static int grep_submodule(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *superproject,
struct repository submodule;
int hit;
- if (!is_submodule_active(superproject, path))
+ /*
+ * NEEDSWORK: submodules functions need to be protected because they
+ * access the object store via config_from_gitmodules(): the latter
+ * uses get_oid() which, for now, relies on the global the_repository
+ * object.
+ */
+ grep_read_lock();
+
+ if (!is_submodule_active(superproject, path)) {
+ grep_read_unlock();
return 0;
+ }
- if (repo_submodule_init(&submodule, superproject, path))
+ if (repo_submodule_init(&submodule, superproject, path)) {
+ grep_read_unlock();
return 0;
+ }
repo_read_gitmodules(&submodule);
@@ -440,7 +452,6 @@ static int grep_submodule(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *superproject,
* store is no longer global and instead is a member of the repository
* object.
*/
- grep_read_lock();
add_to_alternates_memory(submodule.objects->objectdir);
grep_read_unlock();
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 676175b9be..d38113a31a 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -2141,6 +2141,45 @@ static int check_name(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return 0;
}
+static int module_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+ enum {
+ CHECK_WRITEABLE = 1
+ } command = 0;
+
+ struct option module_config_options[] = {
+ OPT_CMDMODE(0, "check-writeable", &command,
+ N_("check if it is safe to write to the .gitmodules file"),
+ CHECK_WRITEABLE),
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+ const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+ N_("git submodule--helper config name [value]"),
+ N_("git submodule--helper config --check-writeable"),
+ NULL
+ };
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_config_options,
+ git_submodule_helper_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
+
+ if (argc == 1 && command == CHECK_WRITEABLE)
+ return is_writing_gitmodules_ok() ? 0 : -1;
+
+ /* Equivalent to ACTION_GET in builtin/config.c */
+ if (argc == 2)
+ return print_config_from_gitmodules(the_repository, argv[1]);
+
+ /* Equivalent to ACTION_SET in builtin/config.c */
+ if (argc == 3) {
+ if (!is_writing_gitmodules_ok())
+ die(_("please make sure that the .gitmodules file is in the working tree"));
+
+ return config_set_in_gitmodules_file_gently(argv[1], argv[2]);
+ }
+
+ usage_with_options(git_submodule_helper_usage, module_config_options);
+}
+
#define SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX (1<<0)
struct cmd_struct {
@@ -2170,6 +2209,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
{"absorb-git-dirs", absorb_git_dirs, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
{"is-active", is_active, 0},
{"check-name", check_name, 0},
+ {"config", module_config, 0},
};
int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index a59141f8b2..8ac4adb364 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
#define INFOATTRIBUTES_FILE "info/attributes"
#define ATTRIBUTE_MACRO_PREFIX "[attr]"
#define GITMODULES_FILE ".gitmodules"
+#define GITMODULES_INDEX ":.gitmodules"
+#define GITMODULES_HEAD "HEAD:.gitmodules"
#define GIT_NOTES_REF_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NOTES_REF"
#define GIT_NOTES_DEFAULT_REF "refs/notes/commits"
#define GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF"
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index c09eb3e03d..5e608f8bad 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ get_submodule_config () {
value=$(git config submodule."$name"."$option")
if test -z "$value"
then
- value=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name"."$option")
+ value=$(git submodule--helper config submodule."$name"."$option")
fi
printf '%s' "${value:-$default}"
}
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ cmd_add()
shift
done
+ if ! git submodule--helper config --check-writeable >/dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ die "$(eval_gettext "please make sure that the .gitmodules file is in the working tree")"
+ fi
+
if test -n "$reference_path"
then
is_absolute_path "$reference_path" ||
@@ -288,11 +293,11 @@ or you are unsure what this means choose another name with the '--name' option."
git add --no-warn-embedded-repo $force "$sm_path" ||
die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to add submodule '\$sm_path'")"
- git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
- git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
if test -n "$branch"
then
- git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
+ git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
fi &&
git add --force .gitmodules ||
die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")"
diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index b132f7a80b..52702c62d9 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
#include "cache.h"
+#include "dir.h"
#include "repository.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "submodule-config.h"
@@ -613,8 +614,34 @@ static void submodule_cache_check_init(struct repository *repo)
static void config_from_gitmodules(config_fn_t fn, struct repository *repo, void *data)
{
if (repo->worktree) {
- char *file = repo_worktree_path(repo, GITMODULES_FILE);
- git_config_from_file(fn, file, data);
+ struct git_config_source config_source = { 0 };
+ const struct config_options opts = { 0 };
+ struct object_id oid;
+ char *file;
+
+ file = repo_worktree_path(repo, GITMODULES_FILE);
+ if (file_exists(file)) {
+ config_source.file = file;
+ } else if (repo->submodule_prefix) {
+ /*
+ * When get_oid and config_with_options, used below,
+ * become able to work on a specific repository, this
+ * warning branch can be removed.
+ */
+ warning("nested submodules without %s in the working tree are not supported yet",
+ GITMODULES_FILE);
+ goto out;
+ } else if (get_oid(GITMODULES_INDEX, &oid) >= 0) {
+ config_source.blob = GITMODULES_INDEX;
+ } else if (get_oid(GITMODULES_HEAD, &oid) >= 0) {
+ config_source.blob = GITMODULES_HEAD;
+ } else {
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ config_with_options(fn, data, &config_source, &opts);
+
+out:
free(file);
}
}
@@ -692,6 +719,43 @@ void submodule_free(struct repository *r)
submodule_cache_clear(r->submodule_cache);
}
+static int config_print_callback(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb_data)
+{
+ char *wanted_key = cb_data;
+
+ if (!strcmp(wanted_key, var))
+ printf("%s\n", value);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int print_config_from_gitmodules(struct repository *repo, const char *key)
+{
+ int ret;
+ char *store_key;
+
+ ret = git_config_parse_key(key, &store_key, NULL);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return CONFIG_INVALID_KEY;
+
+ config_from_gitmodules(config_print_callback, repo, store_key);
+
+ free(store_key);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int config_set_in_gitmodules_file_gently(const char *key, const char *value)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = git_config_set_in_file_gently(GITMODULES_FILE, key, value);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ /* Maybe the user already did that, don't error out here */
+ warning(_("Could not update .gitmodules entry %s"), key);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
struct fetch_config {
int *max_children;
int *recurse_submodules;
diff --git a/submodule-config.h b/submodule-config.h
index dc7278eea4..4dc9b0771c 100644
--- a/submodule-config.h
+++ b/submodule-config.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(struct repository *r,
const struct object_id *commit_or_tree,
const char *path);
void submodule_free(struct repository *r);
+int print_config_from_gitmodules(struct repository *repo, const char *key);
+int config_set_in_gitmodules_file_gently(const char *key, const char *value);
/*
* Returns 0 if the name is syntactically acceptable as a submodule "name"
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index a2701ede4a..6415cc5580 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ int is_gitmodules_unmerged(const struct index_state *istate)
}
/*
+ * Check if the .gitmodules file is safe to write.
+ *
+ * Writing to the .gitmodules file requires that the file exists in the
+ * working tree or, if it doesn't, that a brand new .gitmodules file is going
+ * to be created (i.e. it's neither in the index nor in the current branch).
+ *
+ * It is not safe to write to .gitmodules if it's not in the working tree but
+ * it is in the index or in the current branch, because writing new values
+ * (and staging them) would blindly overwrite ALL the old content.
+ */
+int is_writing_gitmodules_ok(void)
+{
+ struct object_id oid;
+ return file_exists(GITMODULES_FILE) ||
+ (get_oid(GITMODULES_INDEX, &oid) < 0 && get_oid(GITMODULES_HEAD, &oid) < 0);
+}
+
+/*
* Check if the .gitmodules file has unstaged modifications. This must be
* checked before allowing modifications to the .gitmodules file with the
* intention to stage them later, because when continuing we would stage the
@@ -89,6 +107,7 @@ int update_path_in_gitmodules(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
{
struct strbuf entry = STRBUF_INIT;
const struct submodule *submodule;
+ int ret;
if (!file_exists(GITMODULES_FILE)) /* Do nothing without .gitmodules */
return -1;
@@ -104,14 +123,9 @@ int update_path_in_gitmodules(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
strbuf_addstr(&entry, "submodule.");
strbuf_addstr(&entry, submodule->name);
strbuf_addstr(&entry, ".path");
- if (git_config_set_in_file_gently(GITMODULES_FILE, entry.buf, newpath) < 0) {
- /* Maybe the user already did that, don't error out here */
- warning(_("Could not update .gitmodules entry %s"), entry.buf);
- strbuf_release(&entry);
- return -1;
- }
+ ret = config_set_in_gitmodules_file_gently(entry.buf, newpath);
strbuf_release(&entry);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
/*
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index a8a4fe8d25..a680214c01 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct submodule_update_strategy {
#define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT {SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED, NULL}
int is_gitmodules_unmerged(const struct index_state *istate);
+int is_writing_gitmodules_ok(void);
int is_staging_gitmodules_ok(struct index_state *istate);
int update_path_in_gitmodules(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
int remove_path_from_gitmodules(const char *path);
diff --git a/t/helper/test-submodule-nested-repo-config.c b/t/helper/test-submodule-nested-repo-config.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a31e2a9bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-submodule-nested-repo-config.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "submodule-config.h"
+
+static void die_usage(int argc, const char **argv, const char *msg)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <submodulepath> <config name>\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+int cmd__submodule_nested_repo_config(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ struct repository submodule;
+
+ if (argc < 3)
+ die_usage(argc, argv, "Wrong number of arguments.");
+
+ setup_git_directory();
+
+ if (repo_submodule_init(&submodule, the_repository, argv[1])) {
+ die_usage(argc, argv, "Submodule not found.");
+ }
+
+ /* Read the config of _child_ submodules. */
+ print_config_from_gitmodules(&submodule, argv[2]);
+
+ submodule_free(the_repository);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index 5df8b682aa..bfb195b1a8 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
{ "strcmp-offset", cmd__strcmp_offset },
{ "string-list", cmd__string_list },
{ "submodule-config", cmd__submodule_config },
+ { "submodule-nested-repo-config", cmd__submodule_nested_repo_config },
{ "subprocess", cmd__subprocess },
{ "urlmatch-normalization", cmd__urlmatch_normalization },
{ "wildmatch", cmd__wildmatch },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index 71f470b871..042f12464b 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int cmd__sigchain(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__strcmp_offset(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__string_list(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__submodule_config(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__submodule_nested_repo_config(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__subprocess(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__urlmatch_normalization(int argc, const char **argv);
int cmd__wildmatch(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/t/t7411-submodule-config.sh b/t/t7411-submodule-config.sh
index 0bde5850ac..89690b7adb 100755
--- a/t/t7411-submodule-config.sh
+++ b/t/t7411-submodule-config.sh
@@ -82,29 +82,23 @@ Submodule name: 'a' for path 'b'
Submodule name: 'submodule' for path 'submodule'
EOF
-test_expect_success 'error in one submodule config lets continue' '
+test_expect_success 'error in history of one submodule config lets continue, stderr message contains blob ref' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
(cd super &&
cp .gitmodules .gitmodules.bak &&
echo " value = \"" >>.gitmodules &&
git add .gitmodules &&
mv .gitmodules.bak .gitmodules &&
git commit -m "add error" &&
- test-tool submodule-config \
- HEAD b \
- HEAD submodule \
- >actual &&
- test_cmp expect_error actual
- )
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'error message contains blob reference' '
- (cd super &&
sha1=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
test-tool submodule-config \
HEAD b \
HEAD submodule \
- 2>actual_err &&
- test_i18ngrep "submodule-blob $sha1:.gitmodules" actual_err >/dev/null
+ >actual \
+ 2>actual_stderr &&
+ test_cmp expect_error actual &&
+ test_i18ngrep "submodule-blob $sha1:.gitmodules" actual_stderr >/dev/null
)
'
@@ -123,6 +117,8 @@ test_expect_success 'using different treeishs works' '
'
test_expect_success 'error in history in fetchrecursesubmodule lets continue' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
(cd super &&
git config -f .gitmodules \
submodule.submodule.fetchrecursesubmodules blabla &&
@@ -134,8 +130,123 @@ test_expect_success 'error in history in fetchrecursesubmodule lets continue' '
HEAD b \
HEAD submodule \
>actual &&
- test_cmp expect_error actual &&
- git reset --hard HEAD^
+ test_cmp expect_error actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the working tree with "submodule--helper config"' '
+ (cd super &&
+ echo "../submodule" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'writing submodules config with "submodule--helper config"' '
+ (cd super &&
+ echo "new_url" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url "new_url" &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'overwriting unstaged submodules config with "submodule--helper config"' '
+ test_when_finished "git -C super checkout .gitmodules" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ echo "newer_url" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url "newer_url" &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'writeable .gitmodules when it is in the working tree' '
+ git -C super submodule--helper config --check-writeable
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'writeable .gitmodules when it is nowhere in the repository' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git rm .gitmodules &&
+ git commit -m "remove .gitmodules from the current branch" &&
+ git submodule--helper config --check-writeable
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'non-writeable .gitmodules when it is in the index but not in the working tree' '
+ test_when_finished "git -C super checkout .gitmodules" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ rm -f .gitmodules &&
+ test_must_fail git submodule--helper config --check-writeable
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'non-writeable .gitmodules when it is in the current branch but not in the index' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git rm .gitmodules &&
+ test_must_fail git submodule--helper config --check-writeable
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the index when .gitmodules is not in the working tree' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url "staged_url" &&
+ git add .gitmodules &&
+ rm -f .gitmodules &&
+ echo "staged_url" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the current branch when .gitmodules is not in the index' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git rm .gitmodules &&
+ echo "../submodule" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading nested submodules config' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git init submodule/nested_submodule &&
+ echo "a" >submodule/nested_submodule/a &&
+ git -C submodule/nested_submodule add a &&
+ git -C submodule/nested_submodule commit -m "add a" &&
+ git -C submodule submodule add ./nested_submodule &&
+ git -C submodule add nested_submodule &&
+ git -C submodule commit -m "added nested_submodule" &&
+ git add submodule &&
+ git commit -m "updated submodule" &&
+ echo "./nested_submodule" >expect &&
+ test-tool submodule-nested-repo-config \
+ submodule submodule.nested_submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+# When this test eventually passes, before turning it into
+# test_expect_success, remember to replace the test_i18ngrep below with
+# a "test_must_be_empty warning" to be sure that the warning is actually
+# removed from the code.
+test_expect_failure 'reading nested submodules config when .gitmodules is not in the working tree' '
+ test_when_finished "git -C super/submodule checkout .gitmodules" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ echo "./nested_submodule" >expect &&
+ rm submodule/.gitmodules &&
+ test-tool submodule-nested-repo-config \
+ submodule submodule.nested_submodule.url >actual 2>warning &&
+ test_i18ngrep "nested submodules without %s in the working tree are not supported yet" warning &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
)
'
diff --git a/t/t7418-submodule-sparse-gitmodules.sh b/t/t7418-submodule-sparse-gitmodules.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3f7f271883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7418-submodule-sparse-gitmodules.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
+#
+
+test_description='Test reading/writing .gitmodules when not in the working tree
+
+This test verifies that, when .gitmodules is in the current branch but is not
+in the working tree reading from it still works but writing to it does not.
+
+The test setup uses a sparse checkout, however the same scenario can be set up
+also by committing .gitmodules and then just removing it from the filesystem.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'sparse checkout setup which hides .gitmodules' '
+ git init upstream &&
+ git init submodule &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ echo file >file &&
+ git add file &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "Add file"
+ ) &&
+ (cd upstream &&
+ git submodule add ../submodule &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "Add submodule"
+ ) &&
+ git clone upstream super &&
+ (cd super &&
+ cat >.git/info/sparse-checkout <<-\EOF &&
+ /*
+ !/.gitmodules
+ EOF
+ git config core.sparsecheckout true &&
+ git read-tree -m -u HEAD &&
+ test_path_is_missing .gitmodules
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading gitmodules config file when it is not checked out' '
+ echo "../submodule" >expect &&
+ git -C super submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'not writing gitmodules config file when it is not checked out' '
+ test_must_fail git -C super submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url newurl &&
+ test_path_is_missing super/.gitmodules
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'initialising submodule when the gitmodules config is not checked out' '
+ test_must_fail git -C super config submodule.submodule.url &&
+ git -C super submodule init &&
+ git -C super config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ echo "$(pwd)/submodule" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'updating submodule when the gitmodules config is not checked out' '
+ test_path_is_missing super/submodule/file &&
+ git -C super submodule update &&
+ test_cmp submodule/file super/submodule/file
+'
+
+ORIG_SUBMODULE=$(git -C submodule rev-parse HEAD)
+ORIG_UPSTREAM=$(git -C upstream rev-parse HEAD)
+ORIG_SUPER=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD)
+
+test_expect_success 're-updating submodule when the gitmodules config is not checked out' '
+ test_when_finished "git -C submodule reset --hard $ORIG_SUBMODULE;
+ git -C upstream reset --hard $ORIG_UPSTREAM;
+ git -C super reset --hard $ORIG_SUPER;
+ git -C upstream submodule update --remote;
+ git -C super pull;
+ git -C super submodule update --remote" &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ echo file2 >file2 &&
+ git add file2 &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "Add file2 to submodule"
+ ) &&
+ (cd upstream &&
+ git submodule update --remote &&
+ git add submodule &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "Update submodule"
+ ) &&
+ git -C super pull &&
+ # The --for-status options reads the gitmodules config
+ git -C super submodule summary --for-status >actual &&
+ rev1=$(git -C submodule rev-parse --short HEAD) &&
+ rev2=$(git -C submodule rev-parse --short HEAD^) &&
+ cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+ * submodule ${rev1}...${rev2} (1):
+ < Add file2 to submodule
+
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ # Test that the update actually succeeds
+ test_path_is_missing super/submodule/file2 &&
+ git -C super submodule update &&
+ test_cmp submodule/file2 super/submodule/file2 &&
+ git -C super status --short >output &&
+ test_must_be_empty output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'not adding submodules when the gitmodules config is not checked out' '
+ git clone submodule new_submodule &&
+ test_must_fail git -C super submodule add ../new_submodule &&
+ test_path_is_missing .gitmodules
+'
+
+# This test checks that the previous "git submodule add" did not leave the
+# repository in a spurious state when it failed.
+test_expect_success 'init submodule still works even after the previous add failed' '
+ git -C super submodule init
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t7506-status-submodule.sh b/t/t7506-status-submodule.sh
index 943708fb04..08629a6e70 100755
--- a/t/t7506-status-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t7506-status-submodule.sh
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup superproject with untracked file in nested submodule'
(
cd super &&
git clean -dfx &&
- rm .gitmodules &&
+ git rm .gitmodules &&
+ git commit -m "remove .gitmodules" &&
git submodule add -f ./sub1 &&
git submodule add -f ./sub2 &&
git submodule add -f ./sub1 sub3 &&
diff --git a/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh b/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
index 7184113b9b..fa475d52fa 100755
--- a/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
+++ b/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
@@ -380,4 +380,20 @@ test_expect_success 'grep --recurse-submodules should pass the pattern type alon
fi
'
+# Recursing down into nested submodules which do not have .gitmodules in their
+# working tree does not work yet. This is because config_from_gitmodules()
+# uses get_oid() and the latter is still not able to get objects from an
+# arbitrary repository (the nested submodule, in this case).
+test_expect_failure 'grep --recurse-submodules with submodules without .gitmodules in the working tree' '
+ test_when_finished "git -C submodule checkout .gitmodules" &&
+ rm submodule/.gitmodules &&
+ git grep --recurse-submodules -e "(.|.)[\d]" >actual &&
+ cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+ a:(1|2)d(3|4)
+ submodule/a:(1|2)d(3|4)
+ submodule/sub/a:(1|2)d(3|4)
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done