# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
 
 USAGE="[--quiet] [--cached] \
-[add <repo> [-b branch] <path>]|[status|init|update [-i|--init]|summary [-n|--summary-limit <n>] [<commit>]] \
+[add <repo> [-b branch] <path>]|[status|init|update [-i|--init] [-N|--no-fetch]|summary [-n|--summary-limit <n>] [<commit>]] \
 [--] [<path>...]|[foreach <command>]|[sync [--] [<path>...]]"
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
 . git-sh-setup
 branch=
 quiet=
 cached=
+nofetch=
 
 #
 # print stuff on stdout unless -q was specified
 #
 module_list()
 {
-       git ls-files --stage -- "$@" | grep '^160000 '
+       git ls-files --error-unmatch --stage -- "$@" | grep '^160000 '
 }
 
 #
                        shift
                        cmd_init "$@" || return
                        ;;
+               -N|--no-fetch)
+                       shift
+                       nofetch=1
+                       ;;
                --)
                        shift
                        break
                        then
                                force="-f"
                        fi
-                       (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git-fetch &&
-                               git-checkout $force -q "$sha1") ||
+
+                       if test -z "$nofetch"
+                       then
+                               (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" &&
+                                       git-fetch) ||
+                               die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
+                       fi
+
+                       (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" &&
+                                 git-checkout $force -q "$sha1") ||
                        die "Unable to checkout '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
 
                        say "Submodule path '$path': checked out '$sha1'"