Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] submodule: use the 'submodule--helper config' command

From: Brandon Williams <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:12:41 -0700

On 08/14, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> Use the 'submodule--helper config' command in git-submodules.sh to avoid
> referring explicitly to .gitmodules by the hardcoded file path.
> 
> This makes it possible to access the submodules configuration in a more
> controlled way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <[email-masked]>

Looks great.  I also like you're approach of introducing the new API and
testing it in one commit, and then using it in the next.  Makes the
patch set very easy to follow.

> ---
>  git-submodule.sh | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
> index 8b5ad59bde..ff258e2e8c 100755
> --- a/git-submodule.sh
> +++ b/git-submodule.sh
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ get_submodule_config () {
>  	value=$(git config submodule."$name"."$option")
>  	if test -z "$value"
>  	then
> -		value=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name"."$option")
> +		value=$(git submodule--helper config submodule."$name"."$option")
>  	fi
>  	printf '%s' "${value:-$default}"
>  }
> @@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ or you are unsure what this means choose another name with the '--name' option."
>  	git add --no-warn-embedded-repo $force "$sm_path" ||
>  	die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to add submodule '\$sm_path'")"
>  
> -	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
> -	git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
> +	git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
> +	git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
>  	if test -n "$branch"
>  	then
> -		git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
> +		git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
>  	fi &&
>  	git add --force .gitmodules ||
>  	die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")"
> -- 
> 2.18.0
> 

-- 
Brandon Williams