Re: [PATCH v3] git-apply: apply submodule changes

Sven Verdoolaege [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

 - what does ce have to do in this codepath?  read_old_data()
   does not care about what is in the index (in fact, in the
   index the entry can be a symlink when the path on the
   filesystem is a regular file, and it reads from the regular
   file as asked--it does not even look at ce by design).  
   if you have a regular file there in the current version, ce
   would say it is a regular file blob and you would not want
   read_gitlink_or_skip() to say "Subproject commit xyz...".

Hmmm... the documentation says that if --index is in effect
then the file to be patched in the work tree is supposed to be 
up-to-date.

But that is the job of check_patch(), not this function, isn't it?

quoted

The type-mismatch case to attempt to apply gitlink patch to a
regular blob is covered much earlier in check_patch().  It
complains if st_mode does not match patch->old_mode; I think you
need to adjust it a bit to:

 - allow gitlink patch to a path that currently has nothing (no
   submodule checked out) or a directory that has ".git/"
   (i.e. submodule checked out).

 - reject gitlink patch otherwise.

Are you talking about the case where --index is specified?

Talking about both cases, and the division of responsibility
between check_patch() and apply_data().