Re: [PATCH 0/2] Port `git submodule init` from shell to C

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
        return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
 }
 
-static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix)
+static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, int quiet)
 {
        const struct submodule *sub;
        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;

@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix)
                if (git_config_set(sb.buf, url))
                        die(_("Failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
                            displaypath);
-
-               printf(_("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
-                       sub->name, url, displaypath);
+               if (!quiet)
+                       fprintf(stderr, _("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
+                               sub->name, url, displaypath);
                free(url);
        }
 

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                die(_("Pass at least one submodule"));
 
        for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
-               init_submodule(argv[i], prefix);
+               init_submodule(argv[i], prefix, quiet);
 
        return 0;
 }

@@ -221,6 +221,115 @@ static int resolve_relative_url_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pr
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
+}
+
+static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, int quiet)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *url = NULL;
+	const char *upd = NULL;
+	const char *displaypath = relative_path(xgetcwd(), prefix, &sb);;
+
+	/* Only loads from .gitmodules, no overlay with .git/config */
+	gitmodules_config();
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy url setting when it is not set yet.
+	 * To look up the url in .git/config, we must not fall back to
+	 * .gitmodules, so look it up directly.
+	 */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &url)) {
+		url = xstrdup(sub->url); // as overlayed by .gitmodules
+
+		if (!url)
+			die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+				displaypath);
+
+		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
+			char *remoteurl;
+			char *remote = get_default_remote();
+			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+			free(remote);
+
+			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl))
+				/*
+				 * The repository is its own
+				 * authoritative upstream
+				 */
+				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+			url = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
+			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+		}
+
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, url))
+			die(_("Failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
+			    displaypath);
+		if (!quiet)
+			fprintf(stderr, _("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
+				sub->name, url, displaypath);
+		free(url);
+	}
+
+	/* Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string_const(sb.buf, &upd) && sub->update) {
+		upd = sub->update;
+		if (strcmp(sub->update, "checkout") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "rebase") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "merge") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "none")) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _("warning: unknown update mode '%s' suggested for submodule '%s'\n"),
+				upd, sub->name);
+			upd = "none";
+		}
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, upd))
+			die(_("Failed to register update mode for submodule path '%s'"), displaypath);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
+
+static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	struct option module_init_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "Suppress output for initialzing a submodule"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper init [<path>]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_init_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc == 0)
+		die(_("Pass at least one submodule"));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		init_submodule(argv[i], prefix, quiet);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct module_list {
 	const struct cache_entry **entries;
 	int alloc, nr;

@@ -466,11 +575,6 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
-{
-	return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
-}
-
 struct submodule_update_clone {
 	/* states */
 	int count;

@@ -716,6 +820,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{"update-clone", update_clone},
 	{"resolve-relative-url", resolve_relative_url},
 	{"resolve-relative-url-test", resolve_relative_url_test},
+	{"init", module_init}
 };
 
 int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)

@@ -398,45 +398,8 @@ cmd_init()
 	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode"
-		name=$(git submodule--helper name "$sm_path") || exit
-
-		displaypath=$(relative_path "$sm_path")
-
-		# Copy url setting when it is not set yet
-		if test -z "$(git config "submodule.$name.url")"
-		then
-			url=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".url)
-			test -z "$url" &&
-			die "$(eval_gettext "No url found for submodule path '\$displaypath' in .gitmodules")"
-
-			# Possibly a url relative to parent
-			case "$url" in
-			./*|../*)
-				url=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$url") || exit
-				;;
-			esac
-			git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
-			die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register url for submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
 
-			say "$(eval_gettext "Submodule '\$name' (\$url) registered for path '\$displaypath'")"
-		fi
-
-		# Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet
-		if upd="$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".update)" &&
-		   test -n "$upd" &&
-		   test -z "$(git config submodule."$name".update)"
-		then
-			case "$upd" in
-			checkout | rebase | merge | none)
-				;; # known modes of updating
-			*)
-				echo >&2 "warning: unknown update mode '$upd' suggested for submodule '$name'"
-				upd=none
-				;;
-			esac
-			git config submodule."$name".update "$upd" ||
-			die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register update mode for submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
-		fi
+		git submodule--helper init ${GIT_QUIET:+--quiet} "$sm_path" || exit
 	done
 }
 

@@ -9,6 +9,217 @@
 #include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "connect.h"
+
+static char *get_default_remote(void)
+{
+	char *dest = NULL, *ret;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	int flag = 0;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, sha1, &flag);
+
+	if (!refname)
+		die("No such ref: HEAD");
+
+	/* detached HEAD */
+	if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))
+		return xstrdup("origin");
+
+	if (!skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname))
+		die(_("Expecting a full ref name, got %s"), refname);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "branch.%s.remote", refname);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &dest))
+		ret = xstrdup("origin");
+	else
+		ret = xstrdup(dest);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int starts_with_dot_slash(const char *str)
+{
+	return str[0] == '.' && is_dir_sep(str[1]);
+}
+
+static int starts_with_dot_dot_slash(const char *str)
+{
+	return str[0] == '.' && str[1] == '.' && is_dir_sep(str[2]);
+}
+
+static char *last_dir_separator(char *str)
+{
+	char *p = str + strlen(str);
+	while (p-- > str)
+		if (is_dir_sep(*p))
+			return p;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if it was the last chop before ':'.
+ */
+static int chop_last_dir(char **remoteurl, int is_relative)
+{
+	char *rfind = last_dir_separator(*remoteurl);
+	if (rfind) {
+		*rfind = '\0';
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rfind = strrchr(*remoteurl, ':');
+	if (rfind) {
+		*rfind = '\0';
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (is_relative || !strcmp(".", *remoteurl))
+		die(_("cannot strip one component off url '%s'"),
+			*remoteurl);
+
+	free(*remoteurl);
+	*remoteurl = xstrdup(".");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The `url` argument is the URL that navigates to the submodule origin
+ * repo. When relative, this URL is relative to the superproject origin
+ * URL repo. The `up_path` argument, if specified, is the relative
+ * path that navigates from the submodule working tree to the superproject
+ * working tree. Returns the origin URL of the submodule.
+ *
+ * Return either an absolute URL or filesystem path (if the superproject
+ * origin URL is an absolute URL or filesystem path, respectively) or a
+ * relative file system path (if the superproject origin URL is a relative
+ * file system path).
+ *
+ * When the output is a relative file system path, the path is either
+ * relative to the submodule working tree, if up_path is specified, or to
+ * the superproject working tree otherwise.
+ *
+ * NEEDSWORK: This works incorrectly on the domain and protocol part.
+ * remote_url      url              outcome          correct
+ * http://a.com/b  ../c             http://a.com/c   yes
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../c          http://c         no (domain should be kept)
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../c       http:/c          no
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../../c    http:c           no
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../../../c    .:c           no
+ */
+static char *relative_url(const char *remote_url,
+				const char *url,
+				const char *up_path)
+{
+	int is_relative = 0;
+	int colonsep = 0;
+	char *out;
+	char *remoteurl = xstrdup(remote_url);
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	size_t len = strlen(remoteurl);
+
+	if (is_dir_sep(remoteurl[len]))
+		remoteurl[len] = '\0';
+
+	if (!url_is_local_not_ssh(remoteurl) || is_absolute_path(remoteurl))
+		is_relative = 0;
+	else {
+		is_relative = 1;
+		/*
+		 * Prepend a './' to ensure all relative
+		 * remoteurls start with './' or '../'
+		 */
+		if (!starts_with_dot_slash(remoteurl) &&
+		    !starts_with_dot_dot_slash(remoteurl)) {
+			strbuf_reset(&sb);
+			strbuf_addf(&sb, "./%s", remoteurl);
+			free(remoteurl);
+			remoteurl = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+	/*
+	 * When the url starts with '../', remove that and the
+	 * last directory in remoteurl.
+	 */
+	while (url) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url)) {
+			url += 3;
+			colonsep |= chop_last_dir(&remoteurl, is_relative);
+		} else if (starts_with_dot_slash(url))
+			url += 2;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s%s%s", remoteurl, colonsep ? ":" : "/", url);
+
+	if (starts_with_dot_slash(sb.buf))
+		out = xstrdup(sb.buf + 2);
+	else
+		out = xstrdup(sb.buf);
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+
+	free(remoteurl);
+	if (!up_path || !is_relative)
+		return out;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s%s", up_path, out);
+	free(out);
+	return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
+static int resolve_relative_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *remoteurl = NULL;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	const char *up_path = NULL;
+	char *res;
+	const char *url;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (argc != 2 && argc != 3)
+		die("resolve-relative-url only accepts one or two arguments");
+
+	url = argv[1];
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &remoteurl))
+		/* the repository is its own authoritative upstream */
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+
+	if (argc == 3)
+		up_path = argv[2];
+
+	res = relative_url(remoteurl, url, up_path);
+	puts(res);
+	free(res);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int resolve_relative_url_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *res;
+	const char *up_path, *url;
+
+	if (argc != 4)
+		die("resolve-relative-url-test only accepts three arguments: <up_path> <remoteurl> <url>");
+
+	up_path = argv[1];
+	remoteurl = xstrdup(argv[2]);
+	url = argv[3];
+
+	if (!strcmp(up_path, "(null)"))
+		up_path = NULL;
+
+	res = relative_url(remoteurl, url, up_path);
+	puts(res);
+	free(res);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 struct module_list {
 	const struct cache_entry **entries;

@@ -502,7 +713,9 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{"list", module_list},
 	{"name", module_name},
 	{"clone", module_clone},
-	{"update-clone", update_clone}
+	{"update-clone", update_clone},
+	{"resolve-relative-url", resolve_relative_url},
+	{"resolve-relative-url-test", resolve_relative_url_test},
 };
 
 int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)

@@ -46,79 +46,6 @@ prefix=
 custom_name=
 depth=
 
-# The function takes at most 2 arguments. The first argument is the
-# URL that navigates to the submodule origin repo. When relative, this URL
-# is relative to the superproject origin URL repo. The second up_path
-# argument, if specified, is the relative path that navigates
-# from the submodule working tree to the superproject working tree.
-#
-# The output of the function is the origin URL of the submodule.
-#
-# The output will either be an absolute URL or filesystem path (if the
-# superproject origin URL is an absolute URL or filesystem path,
-# respectively) or a relative file system path (if the superproject
-# origin URL is a relative file system path).
-#
-# When the output is a relative file system path, the path is either
-# relative to the submodule working tree, if up_path is specified, or to
-# the superproject working tree otherwise.
-resolve_relative_url ()
-{
-	remote=$(get_default_remote)
-	remoteurl=$(git config "remote.$remote.url") ||
-		remoteurl=$(pwd) # the repository is its own authoritative upstream
-	url="$1"
-	remoteurl=${remoteurl%/}
-	sep=/
-	up_path="$2"
-
-	case "$remoteurl" in
-	*:*|/*)
-		is_relative=
-		;;
-	./*|../*)
-		is_relative=t
-		;;
-	*)
-		is_relative=t
-		remoteurl="./$remoteurl"
-		;;
-	esac
-
-	while test -n "$url"
-	do
-		case "$url" in
-		../*)
-			url="${url#../}"
-			case "$remoteurl" in
-			*/*)
-				remoteurl="${remoteurl%/*}"
-				;;
-			*:*)
-				remoteurl="${remoteurl%:*}"
-				sep=:
-				;;
-			*)
-				if test -z "$is_relative" || test "." = "$remoteurl"
-				then
-					die "$(eval_gettext "cannot strip one component off url '\$remoteurl'")"
-				else
-					remoteurl=.
-				fi
-				;;
-			esac
-			;;
-		./*)
-			url="${url#./}"
-			;;
-		*)
-			break;;
-		esac
-	done
-	remoteurl="$remoteurl$sep${url%/}"
-	echo "${is_relative:+${up_path}}${remoteurl#./}"
-}
-
 # Resolve a path to be relative to another path.  This is intended for
 # converting submodule paths when git-submodule is run in a subdirectory
 # and only handles paths where the directory separator is '/'.

@@ -281,7 +208,7 @@ cmd_add()
 		die "$(gettext "Relative path can only be used from the toplevel of the working tree")"
 
 		# dereference source url relative to parent's url
-		realrepo=$(resolve_relative_url "$repo") || exit
+		realrepo=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$repo") || exit
 		;;
 	*:*|/*)
 		# absolute url

@@ -485,7 +412,7 @@ cmd_init()
 			# Possibly a url relative to parent
 			case "$url" in
 			./*|../*)
-				url=$(resolve_relative_url "$url") || exit
+				url=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$url") || exit
 				;;
 			esac
 			git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||

@@ -1176,9 +1103,9 @@ cmd_sync()
 			# guarantee a trailing /
 			up_path=${up_path%/}/ &&
 			# path from submodule work tree to submodule origin repo
-			sub_origin_url=$(resolve_relative_url "$url" "$up_path") &&
+			sub_origin_url=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$url" "$up_path") &&
 			# path from superproject work tree to submodule origin repo
-			super_config_url=$(resolve_relative_url "$url") || exit
+			super_config_url=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$url") || exit
 			;;
 		*)
 			sub_origin_url="$url"

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ relative_path() {
 	"test \"\$(test-path-utils relative_path '$1' '$2')\" = '$expected'"
 }
 
+test_submodule_relative_url() {
+	test_expect_success "test_submodule_relative_url: $1 $2 $3 => $4" "
+		actual=\$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url-test '$1' '$2' '$3') &&
+		test \"\$actual\" = '$4'
+	"
+}
+
 test_git_path() {
 	test_expect_success "git-path $1 $2 => $3" "
 		$1 git rev-parse --git-path $2 >actual &&

@@ -286,4 +293,39 @@ test_git_path GIT_COMMON_DIR=bar config                   bar/config
 test_git_path GIT_COMMON_DIR=bar packed-refs              bar/packed-refs
 test_git_path GIT_COMMON_DIR=bar shallow                  bar/shallow
 
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "../foo/bar" "../sub/a/b/c" "../foo/sub/a/b/c"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../../../" "../foo/bar" "../sub/a/b/c" "../../../../foo/sub/a/b/c"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "../foo/bar" "../submodule" "../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "../foo/bar" "../submodule" "../../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "../foo/submodule" "../submodule" "../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "../foo/submodule" "../submodule" "../../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "../foo" "../submodule" "../submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "../foo" "../submodule" "../../submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "./foo/bar" "../submodule" "foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "./foo/bar" "../submodule" "../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "./foo" "../submodule" "submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "./foo" "../submodule" "../submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "//somewhere else/repo" "../subrepo" "//somewhere else/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u//trash directory.t7406-submodule-update/subsuper_update_r" "../subsubsuper_update_r" "/u//trash directory.t7406-submodule-update/subsubsuper_update_r"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u//trash directory.t7406-submodule-update/super_update_r2" "../subsuper_update_r" "/u//trash directory.t7406-submodule-update/subsuper_update_r"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t3600-rm/." "../." "/u/trash directory.t3600-rm/."
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t3600-rm" "./." "/u/trash directory.t3600-rm/."
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic/addtest" "../repo" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic/repo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic/addtest" "../repo" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic/repo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic" "./å äö" "/u/trash directory.t7400-submodule-basic/å äö"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7403-submodule-sync/." "../submodule" "/u/trash directory.t7403-submodule-sync/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7407-submodule-foreach/submodule" "../submodule" "/u/trash directory.t7407-submodule-foreach/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7409-submodule-detached-worktree/home2/../remote" "../bundle1" "/u/trash directory.t7409-submodule-detached-worktree/home2/../bundle1"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "/u/trash directory.t7613-merge-submodule/submodule_update_repo" "./." "/u/trash directory.t7613-merge-submodule/submodule_update_repo/."
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "file:///tmp/repo" "../subrepo" "file:///tmp/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "foo/bar" "../submodule" "foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "foo/bar" "../submodule" "../foo/submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "foo" "../submodule" "submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "../" "foo" "../submodule" "../submodule"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "helper:://hostname/repo" "../subrepo" "helper:://hostname/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "ssh://hostname/repo" "../subrepo" "ssh://hostname/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "ssh://hostname:22/repo" "../subrepo" "ssh://hostname:22/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "user@host:path/to/repo" "../subrepo" "user@host:path/to/subrepo"
+test_submodule_relative_url "(null)" "user@host:repo" "../subrepo" "user@host:subrepo"
+
 test_done

@@ -221,6 +221,115 @@ static int resolve_relative_url_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pr
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
+}
+
+static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, int quiet)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *url = NULL;
+	const char *upd = NULL;
+	const char *displaypath = relative_path(xgetcwd(), prefix, &sb);;
+
+	/* Only loads from .gitmodules, no overlay with .git/config */
+	gitmodules_config();
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy url setting when it is not set yet.
+	 * To look up the url in .git/config, we must not fall back to
+	 * .gitmodules, so look it up directly.
+	 */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &url)) {
+		url = xstrdup(sub->url);
+
+		if (!url)
+			die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+				displaypath);
+
+		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
+			char *remoteurl;
+			char *remote = get_default_remote();
+			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+			free(remote);
+
+			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl))
+				/*
+				 * The repository is its own
+				 * authoritative upstream
+				 */
+				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+			url = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
+			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+		}
+
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, url))
+			die(_("Failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
+			    displaypath);
+		if (!quiet)
+			fprintf(stderr, _("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
+				sub->name, url, displaypath);
+		free(url);
+	}
+
+	/* Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string_const(sb.buf, &upd) && sub->update) {
+		upd = sub->update;
+		if (strcmp(sub->update, "checkout") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "rebase") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "merge") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "none")) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _("warning: unknown update mode '%s' suggested for submodule '%s'\n"),
+				upd, sub->name);
+			upd = "none";
+		}
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, upd))
+			die(_("Failed to register update mode for submodule path '%s'"), displaypath);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
+
+static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	struct option module_init_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "Suppress output for initialzing a submodule"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper init [<path>]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_init_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc == 0)
+		die(_("Pass at least one submodule"));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		init_submodule(argv[i], prefix, quiet);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct module_list {
 	const struct cache_entry **entries;
 	int alloc, nr;

@@ -466,11 +575,6 @@ static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
-{
-	return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
-}
-
 struct submodule_update_clone {
 	/* states */
 	int count;

@@ -716,6 +820,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{"update-clone", update_clone},
 	{"resolve-relative-url", resolve_relative_url},
 	{"resolve-relative-url-test", resolve_relative_url_test},
+	{"init", module_init}
 };
 
 int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)

@@ -398,45 +398,8 @@ cmd_init()
 	while read mode sha1 stage sm_path
 	do
 		die_if_unmatched "$mode"
-		name=$(git submodule--helper name "$sm_path") || exit
-
-		displaypath=$(relative_path "$sm_path")
-
-		# Copy url setting when it is not set yet
-		if test -z "$(git config "submodule.$name.url")"
-		then
-			url=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".url)
-			test -z "$url" &&
-			die "$(eval_gettext "No url found for submodule path '\$displaypath' in .gitmodules")"
-
-			# Possibly a url relative to parent
-			case "$url" in
-			./*|../*)
-				url=$(git submodule--helper resolve-relative-url "$url") || exit
-				;;
-			esac
-			git config submodule."$name".url "$url" ||
-			die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register url for submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
 
-			say "$(eval_gettext "Submodule '\$name' (\$url) registered for path '\$displaypath'")"
-		fi
-
-		# Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet
-		if upd="$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name".update)" &&
-		   test -n "$upd" &&
-		   test -z "$(git config submodule."$name".update)"
-		then
-			case "$upd" in
-			checkout | rebase | merge | none)
-				;; # known modes of updating
-			*)
-				echo >&2 "warning: unknown update mode '$upd' suggested for submodule '$name'"
-				upd=none
-				;;
-			esac
-			git config submodule."$name".update "$upd" ||
-			die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register update mode for submodule path '\$displaypath'")"
-		fi
+		git submodule--helper init ${GIT_QUIET:+--quiet} "$sm_path" || exit
 	done
 }
 

@@ -221,6 +221,115 @@ static int resolve_relative_url_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pr
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int git_submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
+}
+
+static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, int quiet)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *url = NULL;
+	const char *upd = NULL;
+	const char *displaypath = relative_path(xgetcwd(), prefix, &sb);
+
+	/* Only loads from .gitmodules, no overlay with .git/config */
+	gitmodules_config();
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy url setting when it is not set yet.
+	 * To look up the url in .git/config, we must not fall back to
+	 * .gitmodules, so look it up directly.
+	 */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &url)) {
+		url = xstrdup(sub->url);
+
+		if (!url)
+			die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+				displaypath);
+
+		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
+			char *remoteurl;
+			char *remote = get_default_remote();
+			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+			free(remote);
+
+			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl))
+				/*
+				 * The repository is its own
+				 * authoritative upstream
+				 */
+				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+			url = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
+			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+		}
+
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, url))
+			die(_("Failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
+			    displaypath);
+		if (!quiet)
+			printf(_("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
+				sub->name, url, displaypath);
+		free(url);
+	}
+
+	/* Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet */
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string_const(sb.buf, &upd) && sub->update) {
+		upd = sub->update;
+		if (strcmp(sub->update, "checkout") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "rebase") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "merge") &&
+		    strcmp(sub->update, "none")) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _("warning: unknown update mode '%s' suggested for submodule '%s'\n"),
+				upd, sub->name);
+			upd = "none";
+		}
+		if (git_config_set(sb.buf, upd))
+			die(_("Failed to register update mode for submodule path '%s'"), displaypath);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
+
+static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	struct option module_init_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "Suppress output for initialzing a submodule"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper init [<path>]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_init_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc == 0)
+		die(_("Pass at least one submodule"));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		init_submodule(argv[i], prefix, quiet);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct module_list {
 	const struct cache_entry **entries;
 	int alloc, nr;