/*
* If the alternate object store is another repository, try the
- * standard layout with .git/modules/<name>/objects
+ * standard layout with .git/(modules/<name>)+/objects
*/
- if (ends_with(alt->path, ".git/objects")) {
+ if (ends_with(alt->path, "/objects")) {
char *sm_alternate;
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf rel_path = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
struct string_list reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+ char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
struct option module_clone_options[] = {
OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
module_clone_options);
strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/modules/%s", get_git_dir(), name);
- sm_gitdir = xstrdup(absolute_path(sb.buf));
+ sm_gitdir = absolute_pathdup(sb.buf);
strbuf_reset(&sb);
if (!is_absolute_path(path)) {
die(_("could not get submodule directory for '%s'"), path);
git_config_set_in_file(p, "core.worktree",
relative_path(path, sm_gitdir, &rel_path));
+
+ /* setup alternateLocation and alternateErrorStrategy in the cloned submodule if needed */
+ git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateLocation", &sm_alternate);
+ if (sm_alternate)
+ git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateLocation",
+ sm_alternate);
+ git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateErrorStrategy", &error_strategy);
+ if (error_strategy)
+ git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateErrorStrategy",
+ error_strategy);
+
+ free(sm_alternate);
+ free(error_strategy);
+
strbuf_release(&sb);
strbuf_release(&rel_path);
free(sm_gitdir);