David reported:
> When I try to run `git diff --submodule=diff` in a submodule which has
> it's own submodules that have changes I get the error: fatal: bad
> object.
This happens, because we do not properly initialize the environment
in which the diff is run in the submodule. That means we inherit the
environment from the main process, which sets environment variables.
(Apparently we do set environment variables which we do not set
when not in a submodules, i.e. the .git directory is linked)
This commit, just like fd47ae6a5b (diff: teach diff to display
submodule difference with an inline diff, 2016-08-31) introduces bad
test code (i.e. hard coded hash values), which will be cleanup up in
a later patch.
Reported-by: David Parrish <daveparrish@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Teach git-diff and friends a new format for displaying the difference
of a submodule. The new format is an inline diff of the contents of the
submodule between the commit range of the update. This allows the user
to see the actual code change caused by a submodule update.
Add tests for the new format and option.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
