Teach resolve_gitlink_ref() about the .git file

When .git in a submodule is a file, resolve_gitlink_ref() needs to pick up
the real GIT_DIR of the submodule from that file.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 1b0050eee4e037aec8396edd0ff6c14bda5985a2..a81fb291f849d174ce22a7dc96748c2385afd683 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *re
 {
        int len = strlen(path), retval;
        char *gitdir;
+       const char *tmp;
 
        while (len && path[len-1] == '/')
                len--;
@@ -359,9 +360,19 @@ int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *re
                return -1;
        gitdir = xmalloc(len + MAXREFLEN + 8);
        memcpy(gitdir, path, len);
-       memcpy(gitdir + len, "/.git/", 7);
-
-       retval = resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(gitdir, len+6, refname, result, 0);
+       memcpy(gitdir + len, "/.git", 6);
+       len += 5;
+
+       tmp = read_gitfile_gently(gitdir);
+       if (tmp) {
+               free(gitdir);
+               len = strlen(tmp);
+               gitdir = xmalloc(len + MAXREFLEN + 3);
+               memcpy(gitdir, tmp, len);
+       }
+       gitdir[len] = '/';
+       gitdir[++len] = '\0';
+       retval = resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(gitdir, len, refname, result, 0);
        free(gitdir);
        return retval;
 }