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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh23
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7403-submodule-sync.sh15
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 1ed331c599..710633f965 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ commit for each submodule.
sync::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
- to the value specified in .gitmodules. This is useful when
+ to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
+ submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the
+ case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when
submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
repositories accordingly.
+
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index c291eed59c..ce659714fe 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -836,17 +836,20 @@ cmd_sync()
;;
esac
- say "Synchronizing submodule url for '$name'"
- git config submodule."$name".url "$url"
-
- if test -e "$path"/.git
+ if git config "submodule.$name.url" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
then
- (
- clear_local_git_env
- cd "$path"
- remote=$(get_default_remote)
- git config remote."$remote".url "$url"
- )
+ say "Synchronizing submodule url for '$name'"
+ git config submodule."$name".url "$url"
+
+ if test -e "$path"/.git
+ then
+ (
+ clear_local_git_env
+ cd "$path"
+ remote=$(get_default_remote)
+ git config remote."$remote".url "$url"
+ )
+ fi
fi
done
}
diff --git a/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh b/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
index e5b19538b0..fb21b87683 100755
--- a/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
+++ b/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ test_expect_success setup '
git clone super super-clone &&
(cd super-clone && git submodule update --init) &&
git clone super empty-clone &&
- (cd empty-clone && git submodule init)
+ (cd empty-clone && git submodule init) &&
+ git clone super top-only-clone
'
test_expect_success 'change submodule' '
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should update submodule URLs' '
)
'
-test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should update submodule URLs if not yet cloned' '
+test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should update known submodule URLs' '
(cd empty-clone &&
git pull &&
git submodule sync &&
@@ -74,4 +75,14 @@ test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should update submodule URLs if not ye
)
'
+test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should not vivify uninteresting submodule' '
+ (cd top-only-clone &&
+ git pull &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ test -z "$(git config submodule.submodule.url)" &&
+ git submodule sync submodule &&
+ test -z "$(git config submodule.submodule.url)"
+ )
+'
+
test_done