mv: update the path entry in .gitmodules for moved submodules

Currently using "git mv" on a submodule moves the submodule's work tree in
that of the superproject. But the submodule's path setting in .gitmodules
is left untouched, which is now inconsistent with the work tree and makes
git commands that rely on the proper path -> name mapping (like status and
diff) behave strangely.

Let "git mv" help here by not only moving the submodule's work tree but
also updating the "submodule.<submodule name>.path" setting from the
.gitmodules file and stage both. This doesn't happen when no .gitmodules
file is found and only issues a warning when it doesn't have a section for
this submodule. This is because the user might just use plain gitlinks
without the .gitmodules file or has already updated the path setting by
hand before issuing the "git mv" command (in which case the warning
reminds him that mv would have done that for him). Only when .gitmodules
is found and contains merge conflicts the mv command will fail and tell
the user to resolve the conflict before trying again.

Also extend the man page to inform the user about this new feature.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 75 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index b99177f68..d432f42bc 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -308,8 +308,83 @@ test_expect_success 'git mv moves a submodule with gitfile' '
 		cd mod/sub &&
 		git status
 	) &&
+	echo mod/sub >expected &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule.sub.path >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
 	git update-index --refresh &&
 	git diff-files --quiet
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'mv does not complain when no .gitmodules file is found' '
+	rm -rf mod/sub &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git submodule update &&
+	git rm .gitmodules &&
+	entry="$(git ls-files --stage sub | cut -f 1)" &&
+	git mv sub mod/sub 2>actual.err &&
+	! test -s actual.err &&
+	! test -e sub &&
+	[ "$entry" = "$(git ls-files --stage mod/sub | cut -f 1)" ] &&
+	(
+		cd mod/sub &&
+		git status
+	) &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff-files --quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'mv will error out on a modified .gitmodules file unless staged' '
+	rm -rf mod/sub &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git submodule update &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules foo.bar true &&
+	entry="$(git ls-files --stage sub | cut -f 1)" &&
+	test_must_fail git mv sub mod/sub 2>actual.err &&
+	test -s actual.err &&
+	test -e sub &&
+	git diff-files --quiet -- sub &&
+	git add .gitmodules &&
+	git mv sub mod/sub 2>actual.err &&
+	! test -s actual.err &&
+	! test -e sub &&
+	[ "$entry" = "$(git ls-files --stage mod/sub | cut -f 1)" ] &&
+	(
+		cd mod/sub &&
+		git status
+	) &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff-files --quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'mv issues a warning when section is not found in .gitmodules' '
+	rm -rf mod/sub &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git submodule update &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.sub &&
+	git add .gitmodules &&
+	entry="$(git ls-files --stage sub | cut -f 1)" &&
+	echo "warning: Could not find section in .gitmodules where path=sub" >expect.err &&
+	git mv sub mod/sub 2>actual.err &&
+	test_i18ncmp expect.err actual.err &&
+	! test -e sub &&
+	[ "$entry" = "$(git ls-files --stage mod/sub | cut -f 1)" ] &&
+	(
+		cd mod/sub &&
+		git status
+	) &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff-files --quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'mv --dry-run does not touch the submodule or .gitmodules' '
+	rm -rf mod/sub &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git submodule update &&
+	git mv -n sub mod/sub 2>actual.err &&
+	test -f sub/.git &&
+	git diff-index --exit-code HEAD &&
+	git update-index --refresh &&
+	git diff-files --quiet -- sub .gitmodules
+'
+
 test_done