1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 24a738b0d6..b477faa442 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,12 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 		die("BUG: unhandled setup_git_directory_1() result");
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * NEEDSWORK: This was a hack in order to get ls-files and grep to have
+	 * properly formated output when recursing submodules.  Once ls-files
+	 * and grep have been changed to perform this recursing in-process this
+	 * needs to be removed.
+	 */
 	env_prefix = getenv(GIT_TOPLEVEL_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT);
 	if (env_prefix)
 		prefix = env_prefix;