test_must_fail git submodule init
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'configuration parsing' '
-       test_when_finished "rm -f .gitmodules" &&
-       cat >.gitmodules <<-\EOF &&
-       [submodule "s"]
-               path
-               ignore
-       EOF
-       test_must_fail git status
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'setup - repository in init subdirectory' '
        mkdir init &&
        (
 
        )
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'configuration parsing with error' '
+       test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+       test_create_repo repo &&
+       cat >repo/.gitmodules <<-\EOF &&
+       [submodule "s"]
+               path
+               ignore
+       EOF
+       (
+               cd repo &&
+               test_must_fail test-submodule-config "" s 2>actual &&
+               test_i18ngrep "bad config" actual
+       )
+'
+
 cat >super/expect <<EOF
 Submodule name: 'a' for path 'a'
 Submodule name: 'a' for path 'b'