On 02/15, Stefan Beller wrote:

+static void reload_gitmodules_file(struct index_state *index,
+				   struct checkout *state)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < index->cache_nr; i++) {
+		struct cache_entry *ce = index->cache[i];
+		if (ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE) {
+
+			int r = strcmp(ce->name, ".gitmodules");
+			if (r < 0)
+				continue;
+			else if (r == 0) {
+				checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
+			} else
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	gitmodules_config();
+	git_config(submodule_config, NULL);
+}

If we are reloading the gitmodules file do you think it would makes
sense to add in a call to 'submodule_free()' to clear the cache used to
store the gitmodules config?

-- 
Brandon Williams