submodules: always use a relative path from gitdir to work tree

[git.git] / git-submodule.sh

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 2a93c611ea64e4c1f4f6cfa0d2dfc21d96d1a421..c405caaa0ee6998c4bdd39f97c7d53edcdcbea48 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ module_clone()
        fi
 
        echo "gitdir: $rel_gitdir" >"$path/.git"
+
+       a=$(cd "$gitdir" && pwd)/
+       b=$(cd "$path" && pwd)/
+       # Remove all common leading directories after a sanity check
+       if test "${a#$b}" != "$a" || test "${b#$a}" != "$b"; then
+               die "$(eval_gettext "Gitdir '\$a' is part of the submodule path '\$b' or vice versa")"
+       fi
+       while test "${a%%/*}" = "${b%%/*}"
+       do
+               a=${a#*/}
+               b=${b#*/}
+       done
+       # Now chop off the trailing '/'s that were added in the beginning
+       a=${a%/}
+       b=${b%/}
+
+       rel=$(echo $a | sed -e 's|[^/]*|..|g')
+       (clear_local_git_env; cd "$path" && GIT_WORK_TREE=. git config core.worktree "$rel/$b")
 }
 
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