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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rm.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t3600-rm.sh | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 9d731b453d..f1efc116eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory. (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`. +BUGS +---- +Each time a superproject update removes a populated submodule +(e.g. when switching between commits before and after the removal) a +stale submodule checkout will remain in the old location. Removing the +old directory is only safe when it uses a gitfile, as otherwise the +history of the submodule will be deleted too. This step will be +obsolete when recursive submodule update has been implemented. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-add[1] diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh index 540c49bab6..3d305814b9 100755 --- a/t/t3600-rm.sh +++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh @@ -705,6 +705,22 @@ test_expect_success 'rm of a populated nested submodule with a nested .git direc rm -rf submod ' +test_expect_success 'checking out a commit after submodule removal needs manual updates' ' + git commit -m "submodule removal" submod && + git checkout HEAD^ && + git submodule update && + git checkout -q HEAD^ 2>actual && + git checkout -q master 2>actual && + echo "warning: unable to rmdir submod: Directory not empty" >expected && + test_i18ncmp expected actual && + git status -s submod >actual && + echo "?? submod/" >expected && + test_cmp expected actual && + rm -rf submod && + git status -s -uno --ignore-submodules=none > actual && + ! test -s actual +' + test_expect_success 'rm of d/f when d has become a non-directory' ' rm -rf d && mkdir d && |