On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 03:03:41PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> >> +test_expect_failure 'git add should not go past submodule boundaries' '
> >> +  mkdir submodule_dir &&
> >> +  (
> >> +          cd submodule_dir &&
> >> +          git init &&
> >> +          cat >foo <<-\EOF &&
> >> +          Some content
> >> +          EOF
> >> +          git add foo &&
> >> +          git commit -a -m "Add foo"
> >> +  ) &&
> >> +  git add submodule_dir/foo
> >> +'
> >
> > That is not actually a submodule, but rather just a repo that happens to
> > be inside our working tree. 
> 
> I think we should treat it as a submodule-to-be, waiting for the
> user to run "git add submodule_dir".
> 
> If it is a file in the working tree of an unrelated and separate
> repository, it still is wrong to allow it to be added to our
> repository, no?

Sorry if I wasn't clear; I absolutely think this test is checking
something reasonable, and we should fix it to pass. I was only referring
to the wording, which is misleading (and hoped that pointing it out
would help whoever works on it in the right direction of where the
problem is).

-Peff
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