+
+ if (has_commit) {
+ /*
+ * Even if the submodule is checked out and the commit is
+ * present, make sure it exists in the submodule's object store
+ * and that it is reachable from a ref.
+ */
+ struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+ struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "rev-list", "-n", "1", NULL);
+ oid_array_for_each_unique(commits, append_oid_to_argv, &cp.args);
+ argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--not", "--all", NULL);
+
+ prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
+ cp.git_cmd = 1;
+ cp.no_stdin = 1;
+ cp.dir = path;
+
+ if (capture_command(&cp, &out, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1) || out.len)
+ has_commit = 0;
+
+ strbuf_release(&out);
+ }
+