- module_clone "$path" "$realrepo" || exit
- (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git checkout -q ${branch:+-b "$branch" "origin/$branch"}) ||
- die "Unable to checkout submodule '$path'"
+ # perhaps the path exists and is already a git repo, else clone it
+ if test -e "$path"
+ then
+ if test -d "$path/.git" &&
+ test "$(unset GIT_DIR; cd $path; git rev-parse --git-dir)" = ".git"
+ then
+ echo "Adding existing repo at '$path' to the index"
+ else
+ die "'$path' already exists and is not a valid git repo"
+ fi
+ else
+ case "$repo" in
+ ./*|../*)
+ # dereference source url relative to parent's url
+ realrepo="$(resolve_relative_url $repo)" ;;
+ *)
+ # Turn the source into an absolute path if
+ # it is local
+ if base=$(get_repo_base "$repo"); then
+ repo="$base"
+ fi
+ realrepo=$repo
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ module_clone "$path" "$realrepo" || exit
+ (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && git checkout -q ${branch:+-b "$branch" "origin/$branch"}) ||
+ die "Unable to checkout submodule '$path'"
+ fi
+