git-submodule: add support for --rebase.

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 8e234a4028d22e11baedba11f871d33f56945716..3176226ac7ecca9dc875a20bd5c2df607cdfb504 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ branch=
 quiet=
 cached=
 nofetch=
+rebase=
 
 #
 # print stuff on stdout unless -q was specified
@@ -294,6 +295,11 @@ cmd_init()
                git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
                die "Failed to register url for submodule path '$path'"
 
+               test true != "$(git config -f .gitmodules --bool \
+                       submodule."$name".rebase)" ||
+               git config submodule."$name".rebase true ||
+               die "Failed to register submodule path '$path' as rebasing"
+
                say "Submodule '$name' ($url) registered for path '$path'"
        done
 }
@@ -321,6 +327,10 @@ cmd_update()
                        shift
                        nofetch=1
                        ;;
+               -r|--rebase)
+                       shift
+                       rebase=true
+                       ;;
                --)
                        shift
                        break
@@ -339,6 +349,7 @@ cmd_update()
        do
                name=$(module_name "$path") || exit
                url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
+               rebase_module=$(git config --bool submodule."$name".rebase)
                if test -z "$url"
                then
                        # Only mention uninitialized submodules when its
@@ -359,6 +370,11 @@ cmd_update()
                        die "Unable to find current revision in submodule path '$path'"
                fi
 
+               if test true = "$rebase"
+               then
+                       rebase_module=true
+               fi
+
                if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1"
                then
                        force=
@@ -374,11 +390,20 @@ cmd_update()
                                die "Unable to fetch in submodule path '$path'"
                        fi
 
-                       (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" &&
-                                 git-checkout $force -q "$sha1") ||
-                       die "Unable to checkout '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
+                       if test true = "$rebase_module"
+                       then
+                               command="git-rebase"
+                               action="rebase"
+                               msg="rebased onto"
+                       else
+                               command="git-checkout $force -q"
+                               action="checkout"
+                               msg="checked out"
+                       fi
 
-                       say "Submodule path '$path': checked out '$sha1'"
+                       (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && $command "$sha1") ||
+                       die "Unable to $action '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
+                       say "Submodule path '$path': $msg '$sha1'"
                fi
        done
 }