Jens Lehmann wrote:
Currently the attempt to use git mv on a submodule errors out with:
fatal: source directory is empty, source=src, destination=dest
The reason is that mv searches for the submodule with a trailing slash in
the index, which it doesn't find (because it is stored without a
Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com writes:
Then rename() will move the submodule work tree just
like it moves a file.
What is this rename() function you're talking about? I don't see it anywhere.
man 2 rename; it is called from a generic part of builtin/mv.c to
rename one path to
Ramkumar Ramachandra artag...@gmail.com writes:
Why does it search for a submodule with a trailing slash in the index?
You make it sound like it's doing something unnatural; in reality, it
does this because it executes lstat() on the filesystem path
specified, and the stat mode matches
Currently the attempt to use git mv on a submodule errors out with:
fatal: source directory is empty, source=src, destination=dest
The reason is that mv searches for the submodule with a trailing slash in
the index, which it doesn't find (because it is stored without a trailing
slash). As it
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