+static char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+ char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+ char *remote = get_default_remote();
+ struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+ if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+ warning(_("could not look up configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+ remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+ }
+ relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+
+ free(remote);
+ free(remoteurl);
+ strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+
+ return relurl;
+}
+