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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt7
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh16
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7400-submodule-basic.sh27
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 76a832a3ac..617069fb04 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force]
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ OPTIONS
--branch::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
+-f::
+--force::
+ This option is only valid for the add command.
+ Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+
--cached::
This option is only valid for status and summary commands. These
commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index ad2417d1b0..170186f494 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
-USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b branch] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require_work_tree
command=
branch=
+force=
reference=
cached=
recursive=
@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ cmd_add()
branch=$2
shift
;;
+ -f | --force)
+ force=$1
+ ;;
-q|--quiet)
GIT_QUIET=1
;;
@@ -201,6 +205,14 @@ cmd_add()
git ls-files --error-unmatch "$path" > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
die "'$path' already exists in the index"
+ if test -z "$force" && ! git add --dry-run --ignore-missing "$path" > /dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ echo >&2 "The following path is ignored by one of your .gitignore files:" &&
+ echo >&2 $path &&
+ echo >&2 "Use -f if you really want to add it."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
# perhaps the path exists and is already a git repo, else clone it
if test -e "$path"
then
@@ -234,7 +246,7 @@ cmd_add()
) || die "Unable to checkout submodule '$path'"
fi
- git add --force "$path" ||
+ git add $force "$path" ||
die "Failed to add submodule '$path'"
git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$path".path "$path" &&
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index d9f2785993..9bda970584 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -86,25 +86,28 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add' '
test_cmp empty untracked
'
-test_expect_success 'submodule add to .gitignored path' '
- echo "refs/heads/master" >expect &&
- >empty &&
-
+test_expect_success 'submodule add to .gitignored path fails' '
(
cd addtest-ignore &&
+ cat <<-\EOF >expect &&
+ The following path is ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
+ submod
+ Use -f if you really want to add it.
+ EOF
# Does not use test_commit due to the ignore
echo "*" > .gitignore &&
git add --force .gitignore &&
git commit -m"Ignore everything" &&
- git submodule add "$submodurl" submod &&
- git submodule init
- ) &&
+ ! git submodule add "$submodurl" submod >actual 2>&1 &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
- rm -f heads head untracked &&
- inspect addtest/submod ../.. &&
- test_cmp expect heads &&
- test_cmp expect head &&
- test_cmp empty untracked
+test_expect_success 'submodule add to .gitignored path with --force' '
+ (
+ cd addtest-ignore &&
+ git submodule add --force "$submodurl" submod
+ )
'
test_expect_success 'submodule add --branch' '