1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index 388ef1f892..b431555db4 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -671,3 +671,20 @@ void submodule_free(struct repository *r)
 	if (r->submodule_cache)
 		submodule_cache_clear(r->submodule_cache);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Note: This function exists solely to maintain backward compatibility with
+ * 'fetch' and 'update_clone' storing configuration in '.gitmodules' and should
+ * NOT be used anywhere else.
+ *
+ * Runs the provided config function on the '.gitmodules' file found in the
+ * working directory.
+ */
+void config_from_gitmodules(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
+{
+	if (the_repository->worktree) {
+		char *file = repo_worktree_path(the_repository, GITMODULES_FILE);
+		git_config_from_file(fn, file, data);
+		free(file);
+	}
+}