# is not reachable from a ref.
is_tip_reachable "$sm_path" "$sha1" ||
fetch_in_submodule "$sm_path" $depth ||
- say "$(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
+ say "$(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$displaypath'; trying to directly fetch \$sha1:")"
# Now we tried the usual fetch, but $sha1 may
# not be reachable from any of the refs