diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index a9e98224ae1a44013ff56dd6030c1ceb400a8818..efc86ad4e0b90edbbf5a927aa87e7ad4b1a1949e 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
a=$(cd "$gitdir" && pwd)/
b=$(cd "$path" && pwd)/
+ # normalize Windows-style absolute paths to POSIX-style absolute paths
+ case $a in [a-zA-Z]:/*) a=/${a%%:*}${a#*:} ;; esac
+ case $b in [a-zA-Z]:/*) b=/${b%%:*}${b#*:} ;; esac
# Remove all common leading directories after a sanity check
if test "${a#$b}" != "$a" || test "${b#$a}" != "$b"; then
die "$(eval_gettext "Gitdir '\$a' is part of the submodule path '\$b' or vice versa")"