Merge branch 'vs/submodule-clone-nested-submodules-alternates'

"git clone --reference $there --recurse-submodules $super" has been
taught to guess repositories usable as references for submodules of
$super that are embedded in $there while making a clone of the
superproject borrow objects from $there; extend the mechanism to
also allow submodules of these submodules to borrow repositories
embedded in these clones of the submodules embedded in the clone of
the superproject.

* vs/submodule-clone-nested-submodules-alternates:
  submodule--helper: set alternateLocation for cloned submodules

builtin/submodule--helper.c

@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject(
 
 	/*
 	 * If the alternate object store is another repository, try the
-	 * standard layout with .git/modules/<name>/objects
+	 * standard layout with .git/(modules/<name>)+/objects
 	 */
-	if (ends_with(alt->path, ".git/objects")) {
+	if (ends_with(alt->path, "/objects")) {
 		char *sm_alternate;
 		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 		struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct strbuf rel_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct string_list reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
 
 	struct option module_clone_options[] = {
 		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
@@ -672,6 +673,20 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("could not get submodule directory for '%s'"), path);
 	git_config_set_in_file(p, "core.worktree",
 			       relative_path(path, sm_gitdir, &rel_path));
+
+	/* setup alternateLocation and alternateErrorStrategy in the cloned submodule if needed */
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateLocation", &sm_alternate);
+	if (sm_alternate)
+		git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateLocation",
+					   sm_alternate);
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateErrorStrategy", &error_strategy);
+	if (error_strategy)
+		git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateErrorStrategy",
+					   error_strategy);
+
+	free(sm_alternate);
+	free(error_strategy);
+
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	strbuf_release(&rel_path);
 	free(sm_gitdir);

t/t7408-submodule-reference.sh

@@ -125,4 +125,70 @@ test_expect_success 'ignoring missing submodule alternates passes clone and subm
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'preparing second superproject with a nested submodule plus partial clone' '
+	test_create_repo supersuper &&
+	(
+		cd supersuper &&
+		echo "I am super super." >file &&
+		git add file &&
+		git commit -m B-super-super-initial
+		git submodule add "file://$base_dir/super" subwithsub &&
+		git commit -m B-super-super-added &&
+		git submodule update --init --recursive &&
+		git repack -ad
+	) &&
+	git clone supersuper supersuper2 &&
+	(
+		cd supersuper2 &&
+		git submodule update --init
+	)
+'
+
+# At this point there are three root-level positories: A, B, super and super2
+
+test_expect_success 'nested submodule alternate in works and is actually used' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf supersuper-clone" &&
+	git clone --recursive --reference supersuper supersuper supersuper-clone &&
+	(
+		cd supersuper-clone &&
+		# test superproject has alternates setup correctly
+		test_alternate_is_used .git/objects/info/alternates . &&
+		# immediate submodule has alternate:
+		test_alternate_is_used .git/modules/subwithsub/objects/info/alternates subwithsub &&
+		# nested submodule also has alternate:
+		test_alternate_is_used .git/modules/subwithsub/modules/sub/objects/info/alternates subwithsub/sub
+	)
+'
+
+check_that_two_of_three_alternates_are_used() {
+	test_alternate_is_used .git/objects/info/alternates . &&
+	# immediate submodule has alternate:
+	test_alternate_is_used .git/modules/subwithsub/objects/info/alternates subwithsub &&
+	# but nested submodule has no alternate:
+	test_must_fail test_alternate_is_used .git/modules/subwithsub/modules/sub/objects/info/alternates subwithsub/sub
+}
+
+
+test_expect_success 'missing nested submodule alternate fails clone and submodule update' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf supersuper-clone" &&
+	test_must_fail git clone --recursive --reference supersuper2 supersuper2 supersuper-clone &&
+	(
+		cd supersuper-clone &&
+		check_that_two_of_three_alternates_are_used &&
+		# update of the submodule fails
+		test_must_fail git submodule update --init --recursive
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'missing nested submodule alternate in --reference-if-able mode' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf supersuper-clone" &&
+	git clone --recursive --reference-if-able supersuper2 supersuper2 supersuper-clone &&
+	(
+		cd supersuper-clone &&
+		check_that_two_of_three_alternates_are_used &&
+		# update of the submodule succeeds
+		git submodule update --init --recursive
+	)
+'
+
 test_done