Git submodule absolute worktree path config

Question

This is my submodule redmine_dashboard config file:

Submodule config file:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
         


        

Answer 1

Yes, you should be able to update the config file with a relative path. You should also update the worktree dir in the .git file in the submodule root to be a relative path back to that module.

I believe this is fixed in (at least) the most current version of git (1.7.10.1). I can't seem to find a changelog, so I have no idea when it got fixed. I was able to have git fix the issue by deleting both the submodule and the folder in the .git/modules folder and then redoing git submodule init and git submodule update.

Answer 2

Why are you setting worktree at all? By default, the work tree is where you run your commands from, where the .git directory is. See this question for more information.

Answer 3

Note that the git config man page mentions:

core.worktree

Set the path to the root of the work tree. This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable and the --work-tree command line option.
It can be an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory, either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified, the current working directory is regarded as the root of the work tree.