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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt6
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh11
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7406-submodule-update.sh60
4 files changed, 86 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index f993469..2289d11 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ init::
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.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
+ This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' or
+ '--merge' is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
+ `rebase` or `merge`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -187,6 +188,16 @@ OPTIONS
If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
implicit.
+--merge::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch
+ of the submodule. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will
+ not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will
+ have to resolve the resulting conflicts within the submodule with the
+ usual conflict resolution tools.
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `merge`, this option is
+ implicit.
+
<path>...::
Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 1b67f0a..5daf750 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
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.
+ the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit
+ specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch
+ in the submodule.
This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
- the '--rebase' option.
+ the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.
EXAMPLES
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index f384c6b..3aff379 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
USAGE="[--quiet] [--cached] \
-[add [-b branch] <repo> <path>]|[status|init|update [-i|--init] [-N|--no-fetch]|summary [-n|--summary-limit <n>] [<commit>]] \
+[add [-b branch] <repo> <path>]|[status|init|update [-i|--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase|--merge]|summary [-n|--summary-limit <n>] [<commit>]] \
[--] [<path>...]|[foreach <command>]|[sync [--] [<path>...]]"
OPTIONS_SPEC=
. git-sh-setup
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ cmd_update()
shift
update="rebase"
;;
+ -m|--merge)
+ shift
+ update="merge"
+ ;;
--)
shift
break
@@ -396,6 +400,11 @@ cmd_update()
action="rebase"
msg="rebased onto"
;;
+ merge)
+ command="git merge"
+ action="merge"
+ msg="merged in"
+ ;;
*)
command="git checkout $force -q"
action="checkout"
diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
index 0773fe4..2d33d9e 100755
--- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
test_description='Test updating submodules
This test verifies that "git submodule update" detaches the HEAD of the
-submodule and "git submodule update --rebase" does not detach the HEAD.
+submodule and "git submodule update --rebase/--merge" does not detach the HEAD.
'
. ./test-lib.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update --rebase staying on master' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'submodule update --merge staying on master' '
+ (cd super/submodule &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD~1
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ ) &&
+ git submodule update --merge submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase in .git/config' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.submodule.update rebase
@@ -110,6 +124,40 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config but --rebase giv
)
'
+test_expect_success 'submodule update - merge in .git/config' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git config submodule.submodule.update merge
+ ) &&
+ (cd super/submodule &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD~1
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ ) &&
+ git submodule update submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config but --merge given' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git config submodule.submodule.update checkout
+ ) &&
+ (cd super/submodule &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD~1
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ ) &&
+ git submodule update --merge submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config' '
(cd super &&
git config submodule.submodule.update checkout
@@ -137,4 +185,14 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule init picks up rebase' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'submodule init picks up merge' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git config submodule.merging.url git://non-existing/git &&
+ git config submodule.merging.path does-not-matter &&
+ git config submodule.merging.update merge &&
+ git submodule init merging &&
+ test "merge" = $(git config submodule.merging.update)
+ )
+'
+
test_done