Rename submodule.<name>.rebase to submodule.<name>.update

The addition of "submodule.<name>.rebase" demonstrates the usefulness of
alternatives to the default behaviour of "git submodule update". However,
by naming the config variable "submodule.<name>.rebase", and making it a
boolean choice, we are artificially constraining future git versions that
may want to add _more_ alternatives than just "rebase".

Therefore, while "submodule.<name>.rebase" is not yet in a stable git
release, future-proof it, by changing it from

  submodule.<name>.rebase = true/false

to

  submodule.<name>.update = rebase/checkout

where "checkout" specifies the default behaviour of "git submodule update"
(checking out the new commit to a detached HEAD), and "rebase" specifies
the --rebase behaviour (where the current local branch in the submodule is
rebase onto the new commit). Thus .update == checkout is equivalent to
.rebase == false, and .update == rebase is equivalent to .rebase == true.
Finally, leaving .update unset is equivalent to leaving .rebase unset.

In future git versions, other alternatives to "git submodule update"
behaviour can be included by adding them to the list of allowable values
for the submodule.<name>.update variable.

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Johan Herland 2009-06-03 08:27:06 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent ca2cedba70
commit 329484256e
4 changed files with 35 additions and 27 deletions

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@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ update::
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is
specified or the key `submodule.$name.rebase` is set to `true`.
specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ OPTIONS
superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
If the key `submodule.$name.rebase` is set to `true`, this option is
If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
implicit.
<path>...::

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@ -30,8 +30,14 @@ submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
submodule.<name>.rebase::
Defines that the submodule should be rebased by default.
submodule.<name>.update::
Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject.
If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the
superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto
the commit specified in the superproject.
This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
the '--rebase' option.
EXAMPLES

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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ branch=
quiet=
cached=
nofetch=
rebase=
update=
#
# print stuff on stdout unless -q was specified
@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ cmd_init()
git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
die "Failed to register url for submodule path '$path'"
test true != "$(git config -f .gitmodules --bool \
submodule."$name".rebase)" ||
git config submodule."$name".rebase true ||
die "Failed to register submodule path '$path' as rebasing"
upd="$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".update)"
test -z "$upd" ||
git config submodule."$name".update "$upd" ||
die "Failed to register update mode for submodule path '$path'"
say "Submodule '$name' ($url) registered for path '$path'"
done
@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ cmd_update()
;;
-r|--rebase)
shift
rebase=true
update="rebase"
;;
--)
shift
@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ cmd_update()
do
name=$(module_name "$path") || exit
url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
rebase_module=$(git config --bool submodule."$name".rebase)
update_module=$(git config submodule."$name".update)
if test -z "$url"
then
# Only mention uninitialized submodules when its
@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ cmd_update()
die "Unable to find current revision in submodule path '$path'"
fi
if test true = "$rebase"
if ! test -z "$update"
then
rebase_module=true
update_module=$update
fi
if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1"
@ -390,16 +390,18 @@ cmd_update()
die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
fi
if test true = "$rebase_module"
then
command="git-rebase"
case "$update_module" in
rebase)
command="git rebase"
action="rebase"
msg="rebased onto"
else
command="git-checkout $force -q"
;;
*)
command="git checkout $force -q"
action="checkout"
msg="checked out"
fi
;;
esac
(unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && $command "$sha1") ||
die "Unable to $action '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"

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@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update --rebase staying on master' '
)
'
test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase true in .git/config' '
test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase in .git/config' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.submodule.rebase true
git config submodule.submodule.update rebase
) &&
(cd super/submodule &&
git reset --hard HEAD~1
@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase true in .git/config' '
)
'
test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase false in .git/config but --rebase given' '
test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config but --rebase given' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.submodule.rebase false
git config submodule.submodule.update checkout
) &&
(cd super/submodule &&
git reset --hard HEAD~1
@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase false in .git/config but --rebase
)
'
test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase false in .git/config' '
test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.submodule.rebase false
git config submodule.submodule.update checkout
) &&
(cd super/submodule &&
git reset --hard HEAD^
@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule init picks up rebase' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.rebasing.url git://non-existing/git &&
git config submodule.rebasing.path does-not-matter &&
git config submodule.rebasing.rebase true &&
git config submodule.rebasing.update rebase &&
git submodule init rebasing &&
test true = $(git config --bool submodule.rebasing.rebase)
test "rebase" = $(git config submodule.rebasing.update)
)
'