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-rw-r--r--setup.c22
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh2
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 2cf0f1993..7fc425171 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ static int check_repository_format_gently(int *nongit_ok)
const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path)
{
char *buf;
+ char *dir;
+ const char *slash;
struct stat st;
int fd;
size_t len;
@@ -276,9 +278,23 @@ const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path)
if (len < 9)
die("No path in gitfile: %s", path);
buf[len] = '\0';
- if (!is_git_directory(buf + 8))
- die("Not a git repository: %s", buf + 8);
- path = make_absolute_path(buf + 8);
+ dir = buf + 8;
+
+ if (!is_absolute_path(dir) && (slash = strrchr(path, '/'))) {
+ size_t pathlen = slash+1 - path;
+ size_t dirlen = pathlen + len - 8;
+ dir = xmalloc(dirlen + 1);
+ strncpy(dir, path, pathlen);
+ strncpy(dir + pathlen, buf + 8, len - 8);
+ dir[dirlen] = '\0';
+ free(buf);
+ buf = dir;
+ }
+
+ if (!is_git_directory(dir))
+ die("Not a git repository: %s", dir);
+ path = make_absolute_path(dir);
+
free(buf);
return path;
}
diff --git a/t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh b/t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh
index ba719846a..641607d89 100755
--- a/t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh
+++ b/t/t2104-update-index-gitfile.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule with relative .git file' '
test_commit first)
'
-test_expect_failure 'add gitlink to relative .git file' '
+test_expect_success 'add gitlink to relative .git file' '
git update-index --add -- sub2
'