static int clone_submodule(const char *path, const char *gitdir, const char *url,
const char *depth, const char *reference, int quiet)
{
- struct child_process cp;
- child_process_init(&cp);
+ struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
argv_array_push(&cp.args, "clone");
argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--no-checkout");
if (index < suc->failed_clones_nr) {
int *p;
ce = suc->failed_clones[index];
- if (!prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(ce, child, suc, err))
- die("BUG: ce was a submodule before?");
+ if (!prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(ce, child, suc, err)) {
+ suc->current ++;
+ strbuf_addf(err, "BUG: submodule considered for cloning,"
+ "doesn't need cloning any more?\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
p = xmalloc(sizeof(*p));
*p = suc->current;
*idx_task_cb = p;
suc->failed_clones[suc->failed_clones_nr++] = ce;
return 0;
} else {
- idx = suc->current - suc->list.nr;
+ idx -= suc->list.nr;
ce = suc->failed_clones[idx];
strbuf_addf(err, _("Failed to clone '%s' a second time, aborting"),
ce->name);
if (!sub->branch)
return "master";
+ if (!strcmp(sub->branch, ".")) {
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, sha1, NULL);
+
+ if (!refname)
+ die(_("No such ref: %s"), "HEAD");
+
+ /* detached HEAD */
+ if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))
+ die(_("Submodule (%s) branch configured to inherit "
+ "branch from superproject, but the superproject "
+ "is not on any branch"), sub->name);
+
+ if (!skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname))
+ die(_("Expecting a full ref name, got %s"), refname);
+ return refname;
+ }
+
return sub->branch;
}