t/helper: add test-submodule-nested-repo-config

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 1cb2c0a31b416f9db979cb86badac5f958792453..bff855f54adf9674ddcc7b8213d103d56788f9e6 100755 (executable)
--- 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}"
 }
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ cmd_add()
                shift
        done
 
+       if ! git submodule--helper config --check-writeable >/dev/null 2>&1
+       then
+                die "$(eval_gettext "please make sure that the .gitmodules file is in the working tree")"
+       fi
+
        if test -n "$reference_path"
        then
                is_absolute_path "$reference_path" ||
@@ -283,11 +288,11 @@ 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'")"