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`make bootstrap` doesn't work if `.config/emacs` is a submodule

Open darkfeline opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Using Borg version:

main origin/main 74a930900728a43c32f3356ae21b3da36af375cc
Author:     Jonas Bernoulli <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:19:02 -0800
Commit:     Jonas Bernoulli <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:57:00 -0800

If .config/emacs is a submodule, then its .config/emacs/.git is actually a pointer into the parent repo's .git/modules.

make bootstrap tries to clone drones into .config/emacs.git/lib/blah which doesn't work since .config/emacs/.git is a "pointer" file.

e.g.

--- [lib/git-timemachine] ---
Cloning lib/git-timemachine from origin (https://codeberg.org/pidu/git-timemachine)
Cloning into 'lib/git-timemachine'...
fatal: Invalid path '/home/me/.config/emacs/.git/modules': Not a directory
Cloning failed

and /home/me/.config/emacs/.git contains

gitdir: ../../.git/modules/.config/emacs

darkfeline avatar Dec 26 '23 22:12 darkfeline

Workaround:

Run git submodule init; git submodule update before make bootstrap

darkfeline avatar Dec 26 '23 22:12 darkfeline