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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt9
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh35
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7406-submodule-update.sh140
4 files changed, 192 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 14256c6..cd8e861 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
[--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ 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.
+ This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is
+ specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -179,6 +180,15 @@ OPTIONS
This option is only valid for the update command.
Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+--rebase::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the
+ superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
+ be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
+ to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
+ implicit.
+
--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 d1a17e2..1b67f0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
+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
--------
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index ab1ed02..19a3a84 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ quiet=
reference=
cached=
nofetch=
+update=
#
# print stuff on stdout unless -q was specified
@@ -310,6 +311,11 @@ cmd_init()
git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
die "Failed to register url for submodule path '$path'"
+ upd="$(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
}
@@ -337,6 +343,10 @@ cmd_update()
shift
nofetch=1
;;
+ -r|--rebase)
+ shift
+ update="rebase"
+ ;;
--reference)
case "$2" in '') usage ;; esac
reference="--reference=$2"
@@ -369,6 +379,7 @@ cmd_update()
do
name=$(module_name "$path") || exit
url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
+ update_module=$(git config submodule."$name".update)
if test -z "$url"
then
# Only mention uninitialized submodules when its
@@ -389,6 +400,11 @@ cmd_update()
die "Unable to find current revision in submodule path '$path'"
fi
+ if ! test -z "$update"
+ then
+ update_module=$update
+ fi
+
if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1"
then
force=
@@ -404,11 +420,22 @@ cmd_update()
die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
fi
- (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" &&
- git-checkout $force -q "$sha1") ||
- die "Unable to checkout '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
+ case "$update_module" in
+ rebase)
+ command="git rebase"
+ action="rebase"
+ msg="rebased onto"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ command="git checkout $force -q"
+ action="checkout"
+ msg="checked out"
+ ;;
+ esac
- say "Submodule path '$path': checked out '$sha1'"
+ (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && $command "$sha1") ||
+ die "Unable to $action '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
+ say "Submodule path '$path': $msg '$sha1'"
fi
done
}
diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0773fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+
+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.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+
+compare_head()
+{
+ sha_master=`git-rev-list --max-count=1 master`
+ sha_head=`git-rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD`
+
+ test "$sha_master" = "$sha_head"
+}
+
+
+test_expect_success 'setup a submodule tree' '
+ echo file > file &&
+ git add file &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m upstream
+ git clone . super &&
+ git clone super submodule &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git submodule add ../submodule submodule &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "submodule" &&
+ git submodule init submodule
+ ) &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ echo "line2" > file &&
+ git add file &&
+ git commit -m "Commit 2"
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ git pull --rebase origin
+ ) &&
+ git add submodule &&
+ git commit -m "submodule update"
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule update detaching the HEAD ' '
+ (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 --rebase staying on master' '
+ (cd super/submodule &&
+ git checkout master
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ ) &&
+ git submodule update --rebase submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase in .git/config' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git config submodule.submodule.update rebase
+ ) &&
+ (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 --rebase 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 --rebase submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config' '
+ (cd super &&
+ git config submodule.submodule.update checkout
+ ) &&
+ (cd super/submodule &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD^
+ ) &&
+ (cd super &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ compare_head
+ ) &&
+ git submodule update submodule &&
+ cd submodule &&
+ ! compare_head
+ )
+'
+
+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.update rebase &&
+ git submodule init rebasing &&
+ test "rebase" = $(git config submodule.rebasing.update)
+ )
+'
+
+test_done