strbuf_addstr(&entry, "submodule.");
        strbuf_addstr(&entry, submodule->name);
        strbuf_addstr(&entry, ".path");
-       if (git_config_set_in_file(".gitmodules", entry.buf, newpath) < 0) {
+       if (git_config_set_in_file_gently(".gitmodules", entry.buf, newpath) < 0) {
                /* Maybe the user already did that, don't error out here */
                warning(_("Could not update .gitmodules entry %s"), entry.buf);
                strbuf_release(&entry);
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int fetch_start_failure(struct child_process *cp,
-                              struct strbuf *err,
+static int fetch_start_failure(struct strbuf *err,
                               void *cb, void *task_cb)
 {
        struct submodule_parallel_fetch *spf = cb;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int fetch_finish(int retvalue, struct child_process *cp,
-                       struct strbuf *err, void *cb, void *task_cb)
+static int fetch_finish(int retvalue, struct strbuf *err,
+                       void *cb, void *task_cb)
 {
        struct submodule_parallel_fetch *spf = cb;
 
        /* Update core.worktree setting */
        strbuf_reset(&file_name);
        strbuf_addf(&file_name, "%s/config", git_dir);
-       if (git_config_set_in_file(file_name.buf, "core.worktree",
-                                  relative_path(real_work_tree, git_dir,
-                                                &rel_path)))
-               die(_("Could not set core.worktree in %s"),
-                   file_name.buf);
+       git_config_set_in_file(file_name.buf, "core.worktree",
+                              relative_path(real_work_tree, git_dir,
+                                            &rel_path));
 
        strbuf_release(&file_name);
        strbuf_release(&rel_path);