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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/progmodes/project.el | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/project.el b/lisp/progmodes/project.el index 0ce2786a4dd..2092d692b50 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/project.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/project.el @@ -273,6 +273,13 @@ backend implementation of `project-external-roots'.") (pcase backend ('Git ;; Don't stop at submodule boundary. + ;; Note: It's not necessarily clear-cut what should be + ;; considered a "submodule" in the sense that some users + ;; may setup things equivalent to "git-submodule"s using + ;; "git worktree" instead (for example). + ;; FIXME: Also it may be the case that some users would consider + ;; a submodule as its own project. So there's a good chance + ;; we will need to let the user tell us what is their intention. (or (vc-file-getprop dir 'project-git-root) (let* ((root (vc-call-backend backend 'root dir)) (gitfile (expand-file-name ".git" root))) @@ -284,7 +291,9 @@ backend implementation of `project-external-roots'.") ((with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents gitfile) (goto-char (point-min)) - (looking-at "gitdir: [./]+/\.git/modules/")) + ;; Kind of a hack to distinguish a submodule from + ;; other cases of .git files pointing elsewhere. + (looking-at "gitdir: [./]+/\\.git/modules/")) (let* ((parent (file-name-directory (directory-file-name root)))) (vc-call-backend backend 'root parent))) |