+ /*
+ * Needs to be checked before !changed returns early,
+ * as the possibly empty directory was not changed
+ */
+ sub = submodule_from_ce(ce);
+ if (sub) {
+ int err;
+ if (!is_submodule_populated_gently(ce->name, &err)) {
+ struct stat sb;
+ if (lstat(ce->name, &sb))
+ die(_("could not stat file '%s'"), ce->name);
+ if (!(st.st_mode & S_IFDIR))
+ unlink_or_warn(ce->name);
+
+ return submodule_move_head(ce->name,
+ NULL, oid_to_hex(&ce->oid),
+ SUBMODULE_MOVE_HEAD_FORCE);
+ } else
+ return submodule_move_head(ce->name,
+ "HEAD", oid_to_hex(&ce->oid),
+ SUBMODULE_MOVE_HEAD_FORCE);
+ }
+