[JIRA] (JENKINS-38860) Git plugin using local config to update submodules

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Boris Danilovich created an issue   Jenkins / JENKINS-38860 Git plugin using local config to update submodules Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Mark Waite Components: git-plugin Created: 2016/Oct/10 12:55 PM Environment: Jenkins v2.6, Git plugin version 3.0.0 Priority: Major Reporter: Boris Danilovich In order to get all of the submodules, the git plugin looks in the local configuration file: > git config --get-regexp ^submodule # timeout=10 > git config --get submodule.externals/jzmq.url # timeout=10 > git submodule update --remote externals/jzmq > git config --get submodule.protobuf-java-format.url # timeout=10 > git submodule update --remote protobuf-java-format FATAL: Command "git submodule update --remote protobuf-java-format" returned status code 1: stdout: stderr: error: pathspec 'protobuf-java-format' did not match any file(s) known to git. However, the .git/config file is local per repository, and old entries and sections do not get overriden. Therefore, when a submodule is no longer in use or has moved, the old configuration can cause an error. Anyway, the local configuration is not part of the remote repository, which is the correct clean repo which is the exclusive authority on git configs. A possible solution would be to call deninit in order to remove the old configuration. git submodule deinit Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.1.7#71011-sha1:2526d7c) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Issues" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-issues+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.