+/*
+ * Dies if the provided 'prefix' corresponds to an unpopulated submodule
+ */
+void die_in_unpopulated_submodule(const struct index_state *istate,
+ const char *prefix)
+{
+ int i, prefixlen;
+
+ if (!prefix)
+ return;
+
+ prefixlen = strlen(prefix);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
+ struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[i];
+ int ce_len = ce_namelen(ce);
+
+ if (!S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
+ continue;
+ if (prefixlen <= ce_len)
+ continue;
+ if (strncmp(ce->name, prefix, ce_len))
+ continue;
+ if (prefix[ce_len] != '/')
+ continue;
+
+ die(_("in unpopulated submodule '%s'"), ce->name);
+ }
+}
+