+ if (!sub_git_dir) {
+ char *real_new_git_dir;
+ const char *new_git_dir;
+ const struct submodule *sub;
+
+ if (err_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED) {
+ /* unpopulated as expected */
+ strbuf_release(&gitdir);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (err_code != READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_REPO)
+ /* We don't know what broke here. */
+ read_gitfile_error_die(err_code, path, NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * Maybe populated, but no git directory was found?
+ * This can happen if the superproject is a submodule
+ * itself and was just absorbed. The absorption of the
+ * superproject did not rewrite the git file links yet,
+ * fix it now.
+ */
+ sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+ if (!sub)
+ die(_("could not lookup name for submodule '%s'"), path);
+ new_git_dir = git_path("modules/%s", sub->name);
+ if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(new_git_dir) < 0)
+ die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), new_git_dir);
+ real_new_git_dir = real_pathdup(new_git_dir);
+ connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(path, real_new_git_dir);
+
+ free(real_new_git_dir);
+ } else {
+ /* Is it already absorbed into the superprojects git dir? */
+ char *real_sub_git_dir = real_pathdup(sub_git_dir);
+ char *real_common_git_dir = real_pathdup(get_git_common_dir());