+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form foo' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin foo &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual fails with: "cannot strip off url foo
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form foo/bar' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin foo/bar &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual foo/submodule
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../foo/submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form ./foo' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin ./foo &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual ./submodule
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form ./foo/bar' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin ./foo/bar &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual ./foo/submodule
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../foo/submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form ../foo' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin ../foo &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual ../submodule
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../../submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form ../foo/bar' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin ../foo/bar &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd submodule &&
+ #actual ../foo/submodule
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../../foo/submodule"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '"git submodule sync" handles origin URL of the form ../foo/bar with deeply nested submodule' '
+ (cd relative-clone &&
+ git remote set-url origin ../foo/bar &&
+ mkdir -p a/b/c &&
+ ( cd a/b/c &&
+ git init &&
+ :> .gitignore &&
+ git add .gitignore &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "initial commit" ) &&
+ git submodule add ../bar/a/b/c ./a/b/c &&
+ git submodule sync &&
+ (cd a/b/c &&
+ #actual ../foo/bar/a/b/c
+ test "$(git config remote.origin.url)" = "../../../../foo/bar/a/b/c"
+ )
+ )
+'
+
+