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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh32
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7400-submodule-basic.sh45
4 files changed, 76 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 2de7bf090..22efca01b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ OPTIONS
Initialize all submodules for which "git submodule init" has not been
called so far before updating.
+--name::
+ This option is only valid for the add command. It sets the submodule's
+ name to the given string instead of defaulting to its path. The name
+ must be valid as a directory name and may not end with a '/'.
+
--reference <repository>::
This option is only valid for add and update commands. These
commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 4effd7890..ab3e91c05 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements
of linkgit:git-config[1].
The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
-is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the
+is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the
+submodule has been added unless it was customized with the '--name'
+option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the
following required keys:
submodule.<name>.path::
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 3e2045e52..22febb104 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
-USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ files=
nofetch=
update=
prefix=
+custom_name=
# The function takes at most 2 arguments. The first argument is the
# URL that navigates to the submodule origin repo. When relative, this URL
@@ -179,8 +180,9 @@ module_name()
module_clone()
{
sm_path=$1
- url=$2
- reference="$3"
+ name=$2
+ url=$3
+ reference="$4"
quiet=
if test -n "$GIT_QUIET"
then
@@ -189,8 +191,6 @@ module_clone()
gitdir=
gitdir_base=
- name=$(module_name "$sm_path" 2>/dev/null)
- test -n "$name" || name="$sm_path"
base_name=$(dirname "$name")
gitdir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ cmd_add()
reference="$1"
shift
;;
+ --name)
+ case "$2" in '') usage ;; esac
+ custom_name=$2
+ shift
+ ;;
--)
shift
break
@@ -336,6 +341,13 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
exit 1
fi
+ if test -n "$custom_name"
+ then
+ sm_name="$custom_name"
+ else
+ sm_name="$sm_path"
+ fi
+
# perhaps the path exists and is already a git repo, else clone it
if test -e "$sm_path"
then
@@ -348,7 +360,7 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
else
- module_clone "$sm_path" "$realrepo" "$reference" || exit
+ module_clone "$sm_path" "$sm_name" "$realrepo" "$reference" || exit
(
clear_local_git_env
cd "$sm_path" &&
@@ -359,13 +371,13 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2
esac
) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout submodule '\$sm_path'")"
fi
- git config submodule."$sm_path".url "$realrepo"
+ git config submodule."$sm_name".url "$realrepo"
git add $force "$sm_path" ||
die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to add submodule '\$sm_path'")"
- git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_path".path "$sm_path" &&
- git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_path".url "$repo" &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
git add --force .gitmodules ||
die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")"
}
@@ -594,7 +606,7 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")"
if ! test -d "$sm_path"/.git -o -f "$sm_path"/.git
then
- module_clone "$sm_path" "$url" "$reference"|| exit
+ module_clone "$sm_path" "$name" "$url" "$reference" || exit
cloned_modules="$cloned_modules;$name"
subsha1=
else
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index 56a81cd74..78bf73938 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -681,4 +681,49 @@ test_expect_success 'moving the superproject does not break submodules' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'submodule add --name allows to replace a submodule with another at the same path' '
+ (
+ cd addtest2 &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ echo "$submodurl/repo" >expect &&
+ git config remote.origin.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo "gitdir: ../.git/modules/repo" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect .git
+ ) &&
+ rm -rf repo &&
+ git rm repo &&
+ git submodule add -q --name repo_new "$submodurl/bare.git" repo >actual &&
+ test ! -s actual &&
+ echo "gitdir: ../.git/modules/submod" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect submod/.git &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ echo "$submodurl/bare.git" >expect &&
+ git config remote.origin.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo "gitdir: ../.git/modules/repo_new" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect .git
+ ) &&
+ echo "repo" >expect &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.repo.path >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.repo_new.path >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual&&
+ echo "$submodurl/repo" >expect &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.repo.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo "$submodurl/bare.git" >expect &&
+ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.repo_new.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo "$submodurl/repo" >expect &&
+ git config submodule.repo.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ echo "$submodurl/bare.git" >expect &&
+ git config submodule.repo_new.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
test_done