merge(third_party/git): Merge squashed git subtree at v2.23.0 r/373

Merge commit '1b593e1ea4d2af0f6444d9a7788d5d99abd6fde5' as 'third_party/git'

1 files changed, 2243 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/third_party/git/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/third_party/git/builtin/submodule--helper.c
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+#define USE_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "repository.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+#include "pathspec.h"
+#include "dir.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
+#include "submodule-config.h"
+#include "string-list.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "refspec.h"
+#include "connect.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "diffcore.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "object-store.h"
+
+#define OPT_QUIET (1 << 0)
+#define OPT_CACHED (1 << 1)
+#define OPT_RECURSIVE (1 << 2)
+#define OPT_FORCE (1 << 3)
+
+typedef void (*each_submodule_fn)(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
+				  void *cb_data);
+
+static char *get_default_remote(void)
+{
+	char *dest = NULL, *ret;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (!refname)
+		die(_("No such ref: %s"), "HEAD");
+
+	/* detached HEAD */
+	if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))
+		return xstrdup("origin");
+
+	if (!skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname))
+		die(_("Expecting a full ref name, got %s"), refname);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "branch.%s.remote", refname);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &dest))
+		ret = xstrdup("origin");
+	else
+		ret = dest;
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int print_default_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *remote;
+
+	if (argc != 1)
+		die(_("submodule--helper print-default-remote takes no arguments"));
+
+	remote = get_default_remote();
+	if (remote)
+		printf("%s\n", remote);
+
+	free(remote);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int starts_with_dot_slash(const char *str)
+{
+	return str[0] == '.' && is_dir_sep(str[1]);
+}
+
+static int starts_with_dot_dot_slash(const char *str)
+{
+	return str[0] == '.' && str[1] == '.' && is_dir_sep(str[2]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if it was the last chop before ':'.
+ */
+static int chop_last_dir(char **remoteurl, int is_relative)
+{
+	char *rfind = find_last_dir_sep(*remoteurl);
+	if (rfind) {
+		*rfind = '\0';
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rfind = strrchr(*remoteurl, ':');
+	if (rfind) {
+		*rfind = '\0';
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (is_relative || !strcmp(".", *remoteurl))
+		die(_("cannot strip one component off url '%s'"),
+			*remoteurl);
+
+	free(*remoteurl);
+	*remoteurl = xstrdup(".");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The `url` argument is the URL that navigates to the submodule origin
+ * repo. When relative, this URL is relative to the superproject origin
+ * URL repo. The `up_path` argument, if specified, is the relative
+ * path that navigates from the submodule working tree to the superproject
+ * working tree. Returns the origin URL of the submodule.
+ *
+ * Return either an absolute URL or filesystem path (if the superproject
+ * origin URL is an absolute URL or filesystem path, respectively) or a
+ * relative file system path (if the superproject origin URL is a relative
+ * file system path).
+ *
+ * When the output is a relative file system path, the path is either
+ * relative to the submodule working tree, if up_path is specified, or to
+ * the superproject working tree otherwise.
+ *
+ * NEEDSWORK: This works incorrectly on the domain and protocol part.
+ * remote_url      url              outcome          expectation
+ * http://a.com/b  ../c             http://a.com/c   as is
+ * http://a.com/b/ ../c             http://a.com/c   same as previous line, but
+ *                                                   ignore trailing slash in url
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../c          http://c         error out
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../c       http:/c          error out
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../../c    http:c           error out
+ * http://a.com/b  ../../../../../c    .:c           error out
+ * NEEDSWORK: Given how chop_last_dir() works, this function is broken
+ * when a local part has a colon in its path component, too.
+ */
+static char *relative_url(const char *remote_url,
+				const char *url,
+				const char *up_path)
+{
+	int is_relative = 0;
+	int colonsep = 0;
+	char *out;
+	char *remoteurl = xstrdup(remote_url);
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	size_t len = strlen(remoteurl);
+
+	if (is_dir_sep(remoteurl[len-1]))
+		remoteurl[len-1] = '\0';
+
+	if (!url_is_local_not_ssh(remoteurl) || is_absolute_path(remoteurl))
+		is_relative = 0;
+	else {
+		is_relative = 1;
+		/*
+		 * Prepend a './' to ensure all relative
+		 * remoteurls start with './' or '../'
+		 */
+		if (!starts_with_dot_slash(remoteurl) &&
+		    !starts_with_dot_dot_slash(remoteurl)) {
+			strbuf_reset(&sb);
+			strbuf_addf(&sb, "./%s", remoteurl);
+			free(remoteurl);
+			remoteurl = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+	/*
+	 * When the url starts with '../', remove that and the
+	 * last directory in remoteurl.
+	 */
+	while (url) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url)) {
+			url += 3;
+			colonsep |= chop_last_dir(&remoteurl, is_relative);
+		} else if (starts_with_dot_slash(url))
+			url += 2;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s%s%s", remoteurl, colonsep ? ":" : "/", url);
+	if (ends_with(url, "/"))
+		strbuf_setlen(&sb, sb.len - 1);
+	free(remoteurl);
+
+	if (starts_with_dot_slash(sb.buf))
+		out = xstrdup(sb.buf + 2);
+	else
+		out = xstrdup(sb.buf);
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+
+	if (!up_path || !is_relative)
+		return out;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s%s", up_path, out);
+	free(out);
+	return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
+static int resolve_relative_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *remoteurl = NULL;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	const char *up_path = NULL;
+	char *res;
+	const char *url;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (argc != 2 && argc != 3)
+		die("resolve-relative-url only accepts one or two arguments");
+
+	url = argv[1];
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &remoteurl))
+		/* the repository is its own authoritative upstream */
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+
+	if (argc == 3)
+		up_path = argv[2];
+
+	res = relative_url(remoteurl, url, up_path);
+	puts(res);
+	free(res);
+	free(remoteurl);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int resolve_relative_url_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *res;
+	const char *up_path, *url;
+
+	if (argc != 4)
+		die("resolve-relative-url-test only accepts three arguments: <up_path> <remoteurl> <url>");
+
+	up_path = argv[1];
+	remoteurl = xstrdup(argv[2]);
+	url = argv[3];
+
+	if (!strcmp(up_path, "(null)"))
+		up_path = NULL;
+
+	res = relative_url(remoteurl, url, up_path);
+	puts(res);
+	free(res);
+	free(remoteurl);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* the result should be freed by the caller. */
+static char *get_submodule_displaypath(const char *path, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *super_prefix = get_super_prefix();
+
+	if (prefix && super_prefix) {
+		BUG("cannot have prefix '%s' and superprefix '%s'",
+		    prefix, super_prefix);
+	} else if (prefix) {
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+		char *displaypath = xstrdup(relative_path(path, prefix, &sb));
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		return displaypath;
+	} else if (super_prefix) {
+		return xstrfmt("%s%s", super_prefix, path);
+	} else {
+		return xstrdup(path);
+	}
+}
+
+static char *compute_rev_name(const char *sub_path, const char* object_id)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char ***d;
+
+	static const char *describe_bare[] = { NULL };
+
+	static const char *describe_tags[] = { "--tags", NULL };
+
+	static const char *describe_contains[] = { "--contains", NULL };
+
+	static const char *describe_all_always[] = { "--all", "--always", NULL };
+
+	static const char **describe_argv[] = { describe_bare, describe_tags,
+						describe_contains,
+						describe_all_always, NULL };
+
+	for (d = describe_argv; *d; d++) {
+		struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
+		cp.dir = sub_path;
+		cp.git_cmd = 1;
+		cp.no_stderr = 1;
+
+		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "describe");
+		argv_array_pushv(&cp.args, *d);
+		argv_array_push(&cp.args, object_id);
+
+		if (!capture_command(&cp, &sb, 0)) {
+			strbuf_strip_suffix(&sb, "\n");
+			return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct module_list {
+	const struct cache_entry **entries;
+	int alloc, nr;
+};
+#define MODULE_LIST_INIT { NULL, 0, 0 }
+
+static int module_list_compute(int argc, const char **argv,
+			       const char *prefix,
+			       struct pathspec *pathspec,
+			       struct module_list *list)
+{
+	int i, result = 0;
+	char *ps_matched = NULL;
+	parse_pathspec(pathspec, 0,
+		       PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL,
+		       prefix, argv);
+
+	if (pathspec->nr)
+		ps_matched = xcalloc(pathspec->nr, 1);
+
+	if (read_cache() < 0)
+		die(_("index file corrupt"));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
+		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
+
+		if (!match_pathspec(&the_index, pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce),
+				    0, ps_matched, 1) ||
+		    !S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
+			continue;
+
+		ALLOC_GROW(list->entries, list->nr + 1, list->alloc);
+		list->entries[list->nr++] = ce;
+		while (i + 1 < active_nr &&
+		       !strcmp(ce->name, active_cache[i + 1]->name))
+			/*
+			 * Skip entries with the same name in different stages
+			 * to make sure an entry is returned only once.
+			 */
+			i++;
+	}
+
+	if (ps_matched && report_path_error(ps_matched, pathspec))
+		result = -1;
+
+	free(ps_matched);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static void module_list_active(struct module_list *list)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct module_list active_modules = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++) {
+		const struct cache_entry *ce = list->entries[i];
+
+		if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, ce->name))
+			continue;
+
+		ALLOC_GROW(active_modules.entries,
+			   active_modules.nr + 1,
+			   active_modules.alloc);
+		active_modules.entries[active_modules.nr++] = ce;
+	}
+
+	free(list->entries);
+	*list = active_modules;
+}
+
+static char *get_up_path(const char *path)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	for (i = count_slashes(path); i; i--)
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb, "../");
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if 'path' ends with slash or not
+	 * for having the same output for dir/sub_dir
+	 * and dir/sub_dir/
+	 */
+	if (!is_dir_sep(path[strlen(path) - 1]))
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb, "../");
+
+	return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
+static int module_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+
+	struct option module_list_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper list [--prefix=<path>] [<path>...]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_list_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
+		const struct cache_entry *ce = list.entries[i];
+
+		if (ce_stage(ce))
+			printf("%06o %s U\t", ce->ce_mode, sha1_to_hex(null_sha1));
+		else
+			printf("%06o %s %d\t", ce->ce_mode,
+			       oid_to_hex(&ce->oid), ce_stage(ce));
+
+		fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", ce->name);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void for_each_listed_submodule(const struct module_list *list,
+				      each_submodule_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+		fn(list->entries[i], cb_data);
+}
+
+struct cb_foreach {
+	int argc;
+	const char **argv;
+	const char *prefix;
+	int quiet;
+	int recursive;
+};
+#define CB_FOREACH_INIT { 0 }
+
+static void runcommand_in_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
+				       void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct cb_foreach *info = cb_data;
+	const char *path = list_item->name;
+	const struct object_id *ce_oid = &list_item->oid;
+
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	char *displaypath;
+
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, info->prefix);
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+
+	if (!sub)
+		die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+			displaypath);
+
+	if (!is_submodule_populated_gently(path, NULL))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
+
+	/*
+	 * For the purpose of executing <command> in the submodule,
+	 * separate shell is used for the purpose of running the
+	 * child process.
+	 */
+	cp.use_shell = 1;
+	cp.dir = path;
+
+	/*
+	 * NEEDSWORK: the command currently has access to the variables $name,
+	 * $sm_path, $displaypath, $sha1 and $toplevel only when the command
+	 * contains a single argument. This is done for maintaining a faithful
+	 * translation from shell script.
+	 */
+	if (info->argc == 1) {
+		char *toplevel = xgetcwd();
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "name=%s", sub->name);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "sm_path=%s", path);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "displaypath=%s", displaypath);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "sha1=%s",
+				oid_to_hex(ce_oid));
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "toplevel=%s", toplevel);
+
+		/*
+		 * Since the path variable was accessible from the script
+		 * before porting, it is also made available after porting.
+		 * The environment variable "PATH" has a very special purpose
+		 * on windows. And since environment variables are
+		 * case-insensitive in windows, it interferes with the
+		 * existing PATH variable. Hence, to avoid that, we expose
+		 * path via the args argv_array and not via env_array.
+		 */
+		sq_quote_buf(&sb, path);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cp.args, "path=%s; %s",
+				 sb.buf, info->argv[0]);
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		free(toplevel);
+	} else {
+		argv_array_pushv(&cp.args, info->argv);
+	}
+
+	if (!info->quiet)
+		printf(_("Entering '%s'\n"), displaypath);
+
+	if (info->argv[0] && run_command(&cp))
+		die(_("run_command returned non-zero status for %s\n."),
+			displaypath);
+
+	if (info->recursive) {
+		struct child_process cpr = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+		cpr.git_cmd = 1;
+		cpr.dir = path;
+		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cpr.env_array);
+
+		argv_array_pushl(&cpr.args, "--super-prefix", NULL);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cpr.args, "%s/", displaypath);
+		argv_array_pushl(&cpr.args, "submodule--helper", "foreach", "--recursive",
+				NULL);
+
+		if (info->quiet)
+			argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--quiet");
+
+		argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--");
+		argv_array_pushv(&cpr.args, info->argv);
+
+		if (run_command(&cpr))
+			die(_("run_command returned non-zero status while "
+				"recursing in the nested submodules of %s\n."),
+				displaypath);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	free(displaypath);
+}
+
+static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct cb_foreach info = CB_FOREACH_INIT;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+
+	struct option module_foreach_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&info.quiet, N_("Suppress output of entering each submodule command")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "recursive", &info.recursive,
+			 N_("Recurse into nested submodules")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper foreach [--quiet] [--recursive] [--] <command>"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_foreach_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(0, NULL, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	info.argc = argc;
+	info.argv = argv;
+	info.prefix = prefix;
+
+	for_each_listed_submodule(&list, runcommand_in_submodule_cb, &info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not look up configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+
+	free(remote);
+	free(remoteurl);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+
+	return relurl;
+}
+
+struct init_cb {
+	const char *prefix;
+	unsigned int flags;
+};
+
+#define INIT_CB_INIT { NULL, 0 }
+
+static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
+			   unsigned int flags)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *upd = NULL, *url = NULL, *displaypath;
+
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix);
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+
+	if (!sub)
+		die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+			displaypath);
+
+	/*
+	 * NEEDSWORK: In a multi-working-tree world, this needs to be
+	 * set in the per-worktree config.
+	 *
+	 * Set active flag for the submodule being initialized
+	 */
+	if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, path)) {
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.active", sub->name);
+		git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, "true");
+		strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy url setting when it is not set yet.
+	 * To look up the url in .git/config, we must not fall back to
+	 * .gitmodules, so look it up directly.
+	 */
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (!sub->url)
+			die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
+				displaypath);
+
+		url = xstrdup(sub->url);
+
+		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
+			char *oldurl = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(oldurl);
+			free(oldurl);
+		}
+
+		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, url))
+			die(_("Failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
+			    displaypath);
+		if (!(flags & OPT_QUIET))
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				_("Submodule '%s' (%s) registered for path '%s'\n"),
+				sub->name, url, displaypath);
+	}
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+
+	/* Copy "update" setting when it is not set yet */
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &upd) &&
+	    sub->update_strategy.type != SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED) {
+		if (sub->update_strategy.type == SM_UPDATE_COMMAND) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _("warning: command update mode suggested for submodule '%s'\n"),
+				sub->name);
+			upd = xstrdup("none");
+		} else
+			upd = xstrdup(submodule_strategy_to_string(&sub->update_strategy));
+
+		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, upd))
+			die(_("Failed to register update mode for submodule path '%s'"), displaypath);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	free(displaypath);
+	free(url);
+	free(upd);
+}
+
+static void init_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item, void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct init_cb *info = cb_data;
+	init_submodule(list_item->name, info->prefix, info->flags);
+}
+
+static int module_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct init_cb info = INIT_CB_INIT;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+	int quiet = 0;
+
+	struct option module_init_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("Suppress output for initializing a submodule")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper init [<options>] [<path>]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_init_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there are no path args and submodule.active is set then,
+	 * by default, only initialize 'active' modules.
+	 */
+	if (!argc && git_config_get_value_multi("submodule.active"))
+		module_list_active(&list);
+
+	info.prefix = prefix;
+	if (quiet)
+		info.flags |= OPT_QUIET;
+
+	for_each_listed_submodule(&list, init_submodule_cb, &info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct status_cb {
+	const char *prefix;
+	unsigned int flags;
+};
+
+#define STATUS_CB_INIT { NULL, 0 }
+
+static void print_status(unsigned int flags, char state, const char *path,
+			 const struct object_id *oid, const char *displaypath)
+{
+	if (flags & OPT_QUIET)
+		return;
+
+	printf("%c%s %s", state, oid_to_hex(oid), displaypath);
+
+	if (state == ' ' || state == '+') {
+		const char *name = compute_rev_name(path, oid_to_hex(oid));
+
+		if (name)
+			printf(" (%s)", name);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static int handle_submodule_head_ref(const char *refname,
+				     const struct object_id *oid, int flags,
+				     void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct object_id *output = cb_data;
+	if (oid)
+		oidcpy(output, oid);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid,
+			     unsigned int ce_flags, const char *prefix,
+			     unsigned int flags)
+{
+	char *displaypath;
+	struct argv_array diff_files_args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+	struct rev_info rev;
+	int diff_files_result;
+
+	if (!submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path))
+		die(_("no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path '%s'"),
+		      path);
+
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix);
+
+	if ((CE_STAGEMASK & ce_flags) >> CE_STAGESHIFT) {
+		print_status(flags, 'U', path, &null_oid, displaypath);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, path)) {
+		print_status(flags, '-', path, ce_oid, displaypath);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	argv_array_pushl(&diff_files_args, "diff-files",
+			 "--ignore-submodules=dirty", "--quiet", "--",
+			 path, NULL);
+
+	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL);
+	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev, prefix);
+	rev.abbrev = 0;
+	diff_files_args.argc = setup_revisions(diff_files_args.argc,
+					       diff_files_args.argv,
+					       &rev, NULL);
+	diff_files_result = run_diff_files(&rev, 0);
+
+	if (!diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, diff_files_result)) {
+		print_status(flags, ' ', path, ce_oid,
+			     displaypath);
+	} else if (!(flags & OPT_CACHED)) {
+		struct object_id oid;
+		struct ref_store *refs = get_submodule_ref_store(path);
+
+		if (!refs) {
+			print_status(flags, '-', path, ce_oid, displaypath);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		if (refs_head_ref(refs, handle_submodule_head_ref, &oid))
+			die(_("could not resolve HEAD ref inside the "
+			      "submodule '%s'"), path);
+
+		print_status(flags, '+', path, &oid, displaypath);
+	} else {
+		print_status(flags, '+', path, ce_oid, displaypath);
+	}
+
+	if (flags & OPT_RECURSIVE) {
+		struct child_process cpr = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+		cpr.git_cmd = 1;
+		cpr.dir = path;
+		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cpr.env_array);
+
+		argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--super-prefix");
+		argv_array_pushf(&cpr.args, "%s/", displaypath);
+		argv_array_pushl(&cpr.args, "submodule--helper", "status",
+				 "--recursive", NULL);
+
+		if (flags & OPT_CACHED)
+			argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--cached");
+
+		if (flags & OPT_QUIET)
+			argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--quiet");
+
+		if (run_command(&cpr))
+			die(_("failed to recurse into submodule '%s'"), path);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	argv_array_clear(&diff_files_args);
+	free(displaypath);
+}
+
+static void status_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
+				void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct status_cb *info = cb_data;
+	status_submodule(list_item->name, &list_item->oid, list_item->ce_flags,
+			 info->prefix, info->flags);
+}
+
+static int module_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct status_cb info = STATUS_CB_INIT;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+	int quiet = 0;
+
+	struct option module_status_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("Suppress submodule status output")),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "cached", &info.flags, N_("Use commit stored in the index instead of the one stored in the submodule HEAD"), OPT_CACHED),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "recursive", &info.flags, N_("recurse into nested submodules"), OPT_RECURSIVE),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule status [--quiet] [--cached] [--recursive] [<path>...]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_status_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	info.prefix = prefix;
+	if (quiet)
+		info.flags |= OPT_QUIET;
+
+	for_each_listed_submodule(&list, status_submodule_cb, &info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int module_name(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+
+	if (argc != 2)
+		usage(_("git submodule--helper name <path>"));
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, argv[1]);
+
+	if (!sub)
+		die(_("no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path '%s'"),
+		    argv[1]);
+
+	printf("%s\n", sub->name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct sync_cb {
+	const char *prefix;
+	unsigned int flags;
+};
+
+#define SYNC_CB_INIT { NULL, 0 }
+
+static void sync_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
+			   unsigned int flags)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	char *remote_key = NULL;
+	char *sub_origin_url, *super_config_url, *displaypath;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	char *sub_config_path = NULL;
+
+	if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, path))
+		return;
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+
+	if (sub && sub->url) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url)) {
+			char *remote_url, *up_path;
+			char *remote = get_default_remote();
+			strbuf_addf(&sb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+
+			if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &remote_url))
+				remote_url = xgetcwd();
+
+			up_path = get_up_path(path);
+			sub_origin_url = relative_url(remote_url, sub->url, up_path);
+			super_config_url = relative_url(remote_url, sub->url, NULL);
+
+			free(remote);
+			free(up_path);
+			free(remote_url);
+		} else {
+			sub_origin_url = xstrdup(sub->url);
+			super_config_url = xstrdup(sub->url);
+		}
+	} else {
+		sub_origin_url = xstrdup("");
+		super_config_url = xstrdup("");
+	}
+
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix);
+
+	if (!(flags & OPT_QUIET))
+		printf(_("Synchronizing submodule url for '%s'\n"),
+			 displaypath);
+
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, super_config_url))
+		die(_("failed to register url for submodule path '%s'"),
+		      displaypath);
+
+	if (!is_submodule_populated_gently(path, NULL))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
+	cp.git_cmd = 1;
+	cp.dir = path;
+	argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "submodule--helper",
+			 "print-default-remote", NULL);
+
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	if (capture_command(&cp, &sb, 0))
+		die(_("failed to get the default remote for submodule '%s'"),
+		      path);
+
+	strbuf_strip_suffix(&sb, "\n");
+	remote_key = xstrfmt("remote.%s.url", sb.buf);
+
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	submodule_to_gitdir(&sb, path);
+	strbuf_addstr(&sb, "/config");
+
+	if (git_config_set_in_file_gently(sb.buf, remote_key, sub_origin_url))
+		die(_("failed to update remote for submodule '%s'"),
+		      path);
+
+	if (flags & OPT_RECURSIVE) {
+		struct child_process cpr = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+		cpr.git_cmd = 1;
+		cpr.dir = path;
+		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cpr.env_array);
+
+		argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--super-prefix");
+		argv_array_pushf(&cpr.args, "%s/", displaypath);
+		argv_array_pushl(&cpr.args, "submodule--helper", "sync",
+				 "--recursive", NULL);
+
+		if (flags & OPT_QUIET)
+			argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--quiet");
+
+		if (run_command(&cpr))
+			die(_("failed to recurse into submodule '%s'"),
+			      path);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	free(super_config_url);
+	free(sub_origin_url);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	free(remote_key);
+	free(displaypath);
+	free(sub_config_path);
+}
+
+static void sync_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item, void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct sync_cb *info = cb_data;
+	sync_submodule(list_item->name, info->prefix, info->flags);
+}
+
+static int module_sync(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct sync_cb info = SYNC_CB_INIT;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int recursive = 0;
+
+	struct option module_sync_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("Suppress output of synchronizing submodule url")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "recursive", &recursive,
+			N_("Recurse into nested submodules")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper sync [--quiet] [--recursive] [<path>]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_sync_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	info.prefix = prefix;
+	if (quiet)
+		info.flags |= OPT_QUIET;
+	if (recursive)
+		info.flags |= OPT_RECURSIVE;
+
+	for_each_listed_submodule(&list, sync_submodule_cb, &info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct deinit_cb {
+	const char *prefix;
+	unsigned int flags;
+};
+#define DEINIT_CB_INIT { NULL, 0 }
+
+static void deinit_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
+			     unsigned int flags)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	char *displaypath = NULL;
+	struct child_process cp_config = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	struct strbuf sb_config = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *sub_git_dir = xstrfmt("%s/.git", path);
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+
+	if (!sub || !sub->name)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	displaypath = get_submodule_displaypath(path, prefix);
+
+	/* remove the submodule work tree (unless the user already did it) */
+	if (is_directory(path)) {
+		struct strbuf sb_rm = STRBUF_INIT;
+		const char *format;
+
+		/*
+		 * protect submodules containing a .git directory
+		 * NEEDSWORK: instead of dying, automatically call
+		 * absorbgitdirs and (possibly) warn.
+		 */
+		if (is_directory(sub_git_dir))
+			die(_("Submodule work tree '%s' contains a .git "
+			      "directory (use 'rm -rf' if you really want "
+			      "to remove it including all of its history)"),
+			    displaypath);
+
+		if (!(flags & OPT_FORCE)) {
+			struct child_process cp_rm = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+			cp_rm.git_cmd = 1;
+			argv_array_pushl(&cp_rm.args, "rm", "-qn",
+					 path, NULL);
+
+			if (run_command(&cp_rm))
+				die(_("Submodule work tree '%s' contains local "
+				      "modifications; use '-f' to discard them"),
+				      displaypath);
+		}
+
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb_rm, path);
+
+		if (!remove_dir_recursively(&sb_rm, 0))
+			format = _("Cleared directory '%s'\n");
+		else
+			format = _("Could not remove submodule work tree '%s'\n");
+
+		if (!(flags & OPT_QUIET))
+			printf(format, displaypath);
+
+		submodule_unset_core_worktree(sub);
+
+		strbuf_release(&sb_rm);
+	}
+
+	if (mkdir(path, 0777))
+		printf(_("could not create empty submodule directory %s"),
+		      displaypath);
+
+	cp_config.git_cmd = 1;
+	argv_array_pushl(&cp_config.args, "config", "--get-regexp", NULL);
+	argv_array_pushf(&cp_config.args, "submodule.%s\\.", sub->name);
+
+	/* remove the .git/config entries (unless the user already did it) */
+	if (!capture_command(&cp_config, &sb_config, 0) && sb_config.len) {
+		char *sub_key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s", sub->name);
+		/*
+		 * remove the whole section so we have a clean state when
+		 * the user later decides to init this submodule again
+		 */
+		git_config_rename_section_in_file(NULL, sub_key, NULL);
+		if (!(flags & OPT_QUIET))
+			printf(_("Submodule '%s' (%s) unregistered for path '%s'\n"),
+				 sub->name, sub->url, displaypath);
+		free(sub_key);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	free(displaypath);
+	free(sub_git_dir);
+	strbuf_release(&sb_config);
+}
+
+static void deinit_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
+				void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct deinit_cb *info = cb_data;
+	deinit_submodule(list_item->name, info->prefix, info->flags);
+}
+
+static int module_deinit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct deinit_cb info = DEINIT_CB_INIT;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int force = 0;
+	int all = 0;
+
+	struct option module_deinit_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("Suppress submodule status output")),
+		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("Remove submodule working trees even if they contain local changes"), 0),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "all", &all, N_("Unregister all submodules")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule deinit [--quiet] [-f | --force] [--all | [--] [<path>...]]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_deinit_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (all && argc) {
+		error("pathspec and --all are incompatible");
+		usage_with_options(git_submodule_helper_usage,
+				   module_deinit_options);
+	}
+
+	if (!argc && !all)
+		die(_("Use '--all' if you really want to deinitialize all submodules"));
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	info.prefix = prefix;
+	if (quiet)
+		info.flags |= OPT_QUIET;
+	if (force)
+		info.flags |= OPT_FORCE;
+
+	for_each_listed_submodule(&list, deinit_submodule_cb, &info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int clone_submodule(const char *path, const char *gitdir, const char *url,
+			   const char *depth, struct string_list *reference, int dissociate,
+			   int quiet, int progress)
+{
+	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, "clone");
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--no-checkout");
+	if (quiet)
+		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--quiet");
+	if (progress)
+		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--progress");
+	if (depth && *depth)
+		argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--depth", depth, NULL);
+	if (reference->nr) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, reference)
+			argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--reference",
+					 item->string, NULL);
+	}
+	if (dissociate)
+		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--dissociate");
+	if (gitdir && *gitdir)
+		argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--separate-git-dir", gitdir, NULL);
+
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--");
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, url);
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, path);
+
+	cp.git_cmd = 1;
+	prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
+	cp.no_stdin = 1;
+
+	return run_command(&cp);
+}
+
+struct submodule_alternate_setup {
+	const char *submodule_name;
+	enum SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_MODE {
+		SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_DIE,
+		SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_INFO,
+		SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_IGNORE
+	} error_mode;
+	struct string_list *reference;
+};
+#define SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_SETUP_INIT { NULL, \
+	SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_IGNORE, NULL }
+
+static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject(
+		struct object_directory *odb, void *sas_cb)
+{
+	struct submodule_alternate_setup *sas = sas_cb;
+	size_t len;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the alternate object store is another repository, try the
+	 * standard layout with .git/(modules/<name>)+/objects
+	 */
+	if (strip_suffix(odb->path, "/objects", &len)) {
+		char *sm_alternate;
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+		struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_add(&sb, odb->path, len);
+
+		/*
+		 * We need to end the new path with '/' to mark it as a dir,
+		 * otherwise a submodule name containing '/' will be broken
+		 * as the last part of a missing submodule reference would
+		 * be taken as a file name.
+		 */
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "/modules/%s/", sas->submodule_name);
+
+		sm_alternate = compute_alternate_path(sb.buf, &err);
+		if (sm_alternate) {
+			string_list_append(sas->reference, xstrdup(sb.buf));
+			free(sm_alternate);
+		} else {
+			switch (sas->error_mode) {
+			case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_DIE:
+				die(_("submodule '%s' cannot add alternate: %s"),
+				    sas->submodule_name, err.buf);
+			case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_INFO:
+				fprintf_ln(stderr, _("submodule '%s' cannot add alternate: %s"),
+					sas->submodule_name, err.buf);
+			case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_IGNORE:
+				; /* nothing */
+			}
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void prepare_possible_alternates(const char *sm_name,
+		struct string_list *reference)
+{
+	char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
+	struct submodule_alternate_setup sas = SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_SETUP_INIT;
+
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateLocation", &sm_alternate);
+	if (!sm_alternate)
+		return;
+
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateErrorStrategy", &error_strategy);
+
+	if (!error_strategy)
+		error_strategy = xstrdup("die");
+
+	sas.submodule_name = sm_name;
+	sas.reference = reference;
+	if (!strcmp(error_strategy, "die"))
+		sas.error_mode = SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_DIE;
+	else if (!strcmp(error_strategy, "info"))
+		sas.error_mode = SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_INFO;
+	else if (!strcmp(error_strategy, "ignore"))
+		sas.error_mode = SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_IGNORE;
+	else
+		die(_("Value '%s' for submodule.alternateErrorStrategy is not recognized"), error_strategy);
+
+	if (!strcmp(sm_alternate, "superproject"))
+		foreach_alt_odb(add_possible_reference_from_superproject, &sas);
+	else if (!strcmp(sm_alternate, "no"))
+		; /* do nothing */
+	else
+		die(_("Value '%s' for submodule.alternateLocation is not recognized"), sm_alternate);
+
+	free(sm_alternate);
+	free(error_strategy);
+}
+
+static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *name = NULL, *url = NULL, *depth = NULL;
+	int quiet = 0;
+	int progress = 0;
+	char *p, *path = NULL, *sm_gitdir;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct string_list reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	int dissociate = 0;
+	char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
+
+	struct option module_clone_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "path", &path,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("where the new submodule will be cloned to")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "name", &name,
+			   N_("string"),
+			   N_("name of the new submodule")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "url", &url,
+			   N_("string"),
+			   N_("url where to clone the submodule from")),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "reference", &reference,
+			   N_("repo"),
+			   N_("reference repository")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "dissociate", &dissociate,
+			   N_("use --reference only while cloning")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &depth,
+			   N_("string"),
+			   N_("depth for shallow clones")),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "Suppress output for cloning a submodule"),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &progress,
+			   N_("force cloning progress")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper clone [--prefix=<path>] [--quiet] "
+		   "[--reference <repository>] [--name <name>] [--depth <depth>] "
+		   "--url <url> --path <path>"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_clone_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc || !url || !path || !*path)
+		usage_with_options(git_submodule_helper_usage,
+				   module_clone_options);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/modules/%s", get_git_dir(), name);
+	sm_gitdir = absolute_pathdup(sb.buf);
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+
+	if (!is_absolute_path(path)) {
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/%s", get_git_work_tree(), path);
+		path = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+	} else
+		path = xstrdup(path);
+
+	if (!file_exists(sm_gitdir)) {
+		if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(sm_gitdir) < 0)
+			die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), sm_gitdir);
+
+		prepare_possible_alternates(name, &reference);
+
+		if (clone_submodule(path, sm_gitdir, url, depth, &reference, dissociate,
+				    quiet, progress))
+			die(_("clone of '%s' into submodule path '%s' failed"),
+			    url, path);
+	} else {
+		if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(path) < 0)
+			die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), path);
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/index", sm_gitdir);
+		unlink_or_warn(sb.buf);
+		strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	}
+
+	connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(path, sm_gitdir, 0);
+
+	p = git_pathdup_submodule(path, "config");
+	if (!p)
+		die(_("could not get submodule directory for '%s'"), path);
+
+	/* setup alternateLocation and alternateErrorStrategy in the cloned submodule if needed */
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateLocation", &sm_alternate);
+	if (sm_alternate)
+		git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateLocation",
+					   sm_alternate);
+	git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateErrorStrategy", &error_strategy);
+	if (error_strategy)
+		git_config_set_in_file(p, "submodule.alternateErrorStrategy",
+					   error_strategy);
+
+	free(sm_alternate);
+	free(error_strategy);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	free(sm_gitdir);
+	free(path);
+	free(p);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void determine_submodule_update_strategy(struct repository *r,
+						int just_cloned,
+						const char *path,
+						const char *update,
+						struct submodule_update_strategy *out)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub = submodule_from_path(r, &null_oid, path);
+	char *key;
+	const char *val;
+
+	key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+
+	if (update) {
+		if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(update, out) < 0)
+			die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' for submodule path '%s'"),
+				update, path);
+	} else if (!repo_config_get_string_const(r, key, &val)) {
+		if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(val, out) < 0)
+			die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' configured for submodule path '%s'"),
+				val, path);
+	} else if (sub->update_strategy.type != SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED) {
+		out->type = sub->update_strategy.type;
+		out->command = sub->update_strategy.command;
+	} else
+		out->type = SM_UPDATE_CHECKOUT;
+
+	if (just_cloned &&
+	    (out->type == SM_UPDATE_MERGE ||
+	     out->type == SM_UPDATE_REBASE ||
+	     out->type == SM_UPDATE_NONE))
+		out->type = SM_UPDATE_CHECKOUT;
+
+	free(key);
+}
+
+static int module_update_module_mode(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *path, *update = NULL;
+	int just_cloned;
+	struct submodule_update_strategy update_strategy = { .type = SM_UPDATE_CHECKOUT };
+
+	if (argc < 3 || argc > 4)
+		die("submodule--helper update-module-clone expects <just-cloned> <path> [<update>]");
+
+	just_cloned = git_config_int("just_cloned", argv[1]);
+	path = argv[2];
+
+	if (argc == 4)
+		update = argv[3];
+
+	determine_submodule_update_strategy(the_repository,
+					    just_cloned, path, update,
+					    &update_strategy);
+	fputs(submodule_strategy_to_string(&update_strategy), stdout);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct update_clone_data {
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	struct object_id oid;
+	unsigned just_cloned;
+};
+
+struct submodule_update_clone {
+	/* index into 'list', the list of submodules to look into for cloning */
+	int current;
+	struct module_list list;
+	unsigned warn_if_uninitialized : 1;
+
+	/* update parameter passed via commandline */
+	struct submodule_update_strategy update;
+
+	/* configuration parameters which are passed on to the children */
+	int progress;
+	int quiet;
+	int recommend_shallow;
+	struct string_list references;
+	int dissociate;
+	const char *depth;
+	const char *recursive_prefix;
+	const char *prefix;
+
+	/* to be consumed by git-submodule.sh */
+	struct update_clone_data *update_clone;
+	int update_clone_nr; int update_clone_alloc;
+
+	/* If we want to stop as fast as possible and return an error */
+	unsigned quickstop : 1;
+
+	/* failed clones to be retried again */
+	const struct cache_entry **failed_clones;
+	int failed_clones_nr, failed_clones_alloc;
+
+	int max_jobs;
+};
+#define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_CLONE_INIT {0, MODULE_LIST_INIT, 0, \
+	SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT, 0, 0, -1, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, 0, \
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, \
+	NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 1}
+
+
+static void next_submodule_warn_missing(struct submodule_update_clone *suc,
+		struct strbuf *out, const char *displaypath)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Only mention uninitialized submodules when their
+	 * paths have been specified.
+	 */
+	if (suc->warn_if_uninitialized) {
+		strbuf_addf(out,
+			_("Submodule path '%s' not initialized"),
+			displaypath);
+		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
+		strbuf_addstr(out,
+			_("Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?"));
+		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determine whether 'ce' needs to be cloned. If so, prepare the 'child' to
+ * run the clone. Returns 1 if 'ce' needs to be cloned, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
+					   struct child_process *child,
+					   struct submodule_update_clone *suc,
+					   struct strbuf *out)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub = NULL;
+	const char *url = NULL;
+	const char *update_string;
+	enum submodule_update_type update_type;
+	char *key;
+	struct strbuf displaypath_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *displaypath = NULL;
+	int needs_cloning = 0;
+	int need_free_url = 0;
+
+	if (ce_stage(ce)) {
+		if (suc->recursive_prefix)
+			strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/%s", suc->recursive_prefix, ce->name);
+		else
+			strbuf_addstr(&sb, ce->name);
+		strbuf_addf(out, _("Skipping unmerged submodule %s"), sb.buf);
+		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, ce->name);
+
+	if (suc->recursive_prefix)
+		displaypath = relative_path(suc->recursive_prefix,
+					    ce->name, &displaypath_sb);
+	else
+		displaypath = ce->name;
+
+	if (!sub) {
+		next_submodule_warn_missing(suc, out, displaypath);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
+	if (!repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, key, &update_string)) {
+		update_type = parse_submodule_update_type(update_string);
+	} else {
+		update_type = sub->update_strategy.type;
+	}
+	free(key);
+
+	if (suc->update.type == SM_UPDATE_NONE
+	    || (suc->update.type == SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED
+		&& update_type == SM_UPDATE_NONE)) {
+		strbuf_addf(out, _("Skipping submodule '%s'"), displaypath);
+		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	/* Check if the submodule has been initialized. */
+	if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, ce->name)) {
+		next_submodule_warn_missing(suc, out, displaypath);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url)) {
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
+			need_free_url = 1;
+		} else
+			url = sub->url;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", ce->name);
+	needs_cloning = !file_exists(sb.buf);
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(suc->update_clone, suc->update_clone_nr + 1,
+		   suc->update_clone_alloc);
+	oidcpy(&suc->update_clone[suc->update_clone_nr].oid, &ce->oid);
+	suc->update_clone[suc->update_clone_nr].just_cloned = needs_cloning;
+	suc->update_clone[suc->update_clone_nr].sub = sub;
+	suc->update_clone_nr++;
+
+	if (!needs_cloning)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	child->git_cmd = 1;
+	child->no_stdin = 1;
+	child->stdout_to_stderr = 1;
+	child->err = -1;
+	argv_array_push(&child->args, "submodule--helper");
+	argv_array_push(&child->args, "clone");
+	if (suc->progress)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--progress");
+	if (suc->quiet)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--quiet");
+	if (suc->prefix)
+		argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--prefix", suc->prefix, NULL);
+	if (suc->recommend_shallow && sub->recommend_shallow == 1)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--depth=1");
+	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--path", sub->path, NULL);
+	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--name", sub->name, NULL);
+	argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--url", url, NULL);
+	if (suc->references.nr) {
+		struct string_list_item *item;
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, &suc->references)
+			argv_array_pushl(&child->args, "--reference", item->string, NULL);
+	}
+	if (suc->dissociate)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, "--dissociate");
+	if (suc->depth)
+		argv_array_push(&child->args, suc->depth);
+
+cleanup:
+	strbuf_reset(&displaypath_sb);
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	if (need_free_url)
+		free((void*)url);
+
+	return needs_cloning;
+}
+
+static int update_clone_get_next_task(struct child_process *child,
+				      struct strbuf *err,
+				      void *suc_cb,
+				      void **idx_task_cb)
+{
+	struct submodule_update_clone *suc = suc_cb;
+	const struct cache_entry *ce;
+	int index;
+
+	for (; suc->current < suc->list.nr; suc->current++) {
+		ce = suc->list.entries[suc->current];
+		if (prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(ce, child, suc, err)) {
+			int *p = xmalloc(sizeof(*p));
+			*p = suc->current;
+			*idx_task_cb = p;
+			suc->current++;
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The loop above tried cloning each submodule once, now try the
+	 * stragglers again, which we can imagine as an extension of the
+	 * entry list.
+	 */
+	index = suc->current - suc->list.nr;
+	if (index < suc->failed_clones_nr) {
+		int *p;
+		ce = suc->failed_clones[index];
+		if (!prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(ce, child, suc, err)) {
+			suc->current ++;
+			strbuf_addstr(err, "BUG: submodule considered for "
+					   "cloning, doesn't need cloning "
+					   "any more?\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+		p = xmalloc(sizeof(*p));
+		*p = suc->current;
+		*idx_task_cb = p;
+		suc->current ++;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int update_clone_start_failure(struct strbuf *err,
+				      void *suc_cb,
+				      void *idx_task_cb)
+{
+	struct submodule_update_clone *suc = suc_cb;
+	suc->quickstop = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int update_clone_task_finished(int result,
+				      struct strbuf *err,
+				      void *suc_cb,
+				      void *idx_task_cb)
+{
+	const struct cache_entry *ce;
+	struct submodule_update_clone *suc = suc_cb;
+
+	int *idxP = idx_task_cb;
+	int idx = *idxP;
+	free(idxP);
+
+	if (!result)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (idx < suc->list.nr) {
+		ce  = suc->list.entries[idx];
+		strbuf_addf(err, _("Failed to clone '%s'. Retry scheduled"),
+			    ce->name);
+		strbuf_addch(err, '\n');
+		ALLOC_GROW(suc->failed_clones,
+			   suc->failed_clones_nr + 1,
+			   suc->failed_clones_alloc);
+		suc->failed_clones[suc->failed_clones_nr++] = ce;
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		idx -= suc->list.nr;
+		ce  = suc->failed_clones[idx];
+		strbuf_addf(err, _("Failed to clone '%s' a second time, aborting"),
+			    ce->name);
+		strbuf_addch(err, '\n');
+		suc->quickstop = 1;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int git_update_clone_config(const char *var, const char *value,
+				   void *cb)
+{
+	int *max_jobs = cb;
+	if (!strcmp(var, "submodule.fetchjobs"))
+		*max_jobs = parse_submodule_fetchjobs(var, value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void update_submodule(struct update_clone_data *ucd)
+{
+	fprintf(stdout, "dummy %s %d\t%s\n",
+		oid_to_hex(&ucd->oid),
+		ucd->just_cloned,
+		ucd->sub->path);
+}
+
+static int update_submodules(struct submodule_update_clone *suc)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	run_processes_parallel_tr2(suc->max_jobs, update_clone_get_next_task,
+				   update_clone_start_failure,
+				   update_clone_task_finished, suc, "submodule",
+				   "parallel/update");
+
+	/*
+	 * We saved the output and put it out all at once now.
+	 * That means:
+	 * - the listener does not have to interleave their (checkout)
+	 *   work with our fetching.  The writes involved in a
+	 *   checkout involve more straightforward sequential I/O.
+	 * - the listener can avoid doing any work if fetching failed.
+	 */
+	if (suc->quickstop)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < suc->update_clone_nr; i++)
+		update_submodule(&suc->update_clone[i]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int update_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *update = NULL;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct submodule_update_clone suc = SUBMODULE_UPDATE_CLONE_INIT;
+
+	struct option module_update_clone_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("path into the working tree")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "recursive-prefix", &suc.recursive_prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("path into the working tree, across nested "
+			      "submodule boundaries")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "update", &update,
+			   N_("string"),
+			   N_("rebase, merge, checkout or none")),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "reference", &suc.references, N_("repo"),
+			   N_("reference repository")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "dissociate", &suc.dissociate,
+			   N_("use --reference only while cloning")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &suc.depth, "<depth>",
+			   N_("Create a shallow clone truncated to the "
+			      "specified number of revisions")),
+		OPT_INTEGER('j', "jobs", &suc.max_jobs,
+			    N_("parallel jobs")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "recommend-shallow", &suc.recommend_shallow,
+			    N_("whether the initial clone should follow the shallow recommendation")),
+		OPT__QUIET(&suc.quiet, N_("don't print cloning progress")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &suc.progress,
+			    N_("force cloning progress")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper update_clone [--prefix=<path>] [<path>...]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+	suc.prefix = prefix;
+
+	update_clone_config_from_gitmodules(&suc.max_jobs);
+	git_config(git_update_clone_config, &suc.max_jobs);
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_update_clone_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (update)
+		if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(update, &suc.update) < 0)
+			die(_("bad value for update parameter"));
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &suc.list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (pathspec.nr)
+		suc.warn_if_uninitialized = 1;
+
+	return update_submodules(&suc);
+}
+
+static int resolve_relative_path(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	if (argc != 3)
+		die("submodule--helper relative-path takes exactly 2 arguments, got %d", argc);
+
+	printf("%s", relative_path(argv[1], argv[2], &sb));
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *remote_submodule_branch(const char *path)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	const char *branch = NULL;
+	char *key;
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+	if (!sub)
+		return NULL;
+
+	key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s.branch", sub->name);
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, key, &branch))
+		branch = sub->branch;
+	free(key);
+
+	if (!branch)
+		return "master";
+
+	if (!strcmp(branch, ".")) {
+		const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+		if (!refname)
+			die(_("No such ref: %s"), "HEAD");
+
+		/* detached HEAD */
+		if (!strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))
+			die(_("Submodule (%s) branch configured to inherit "
+			      "branch from superproject, but the superproject "
+			      "is not on any branch"), sub->name);
+
+		if (!skip_prefix(refname, "refs/heads/", &refname))
+			die(_("Expecting a full ref name, got %s"), refname);
+		return refname;
+	}
+
+	return branch;
+}
+
+static int resolve_remote_submodule_branch(int argc, const char **argv,
+		const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *ret;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	if (argc != 2)
+		die("submodule--helper remote-branch takes exactly one arguments, got %d", argc);
+
+	ret = remote_submodule_branch(argv[1]);
+	if (!ret)
+		die("submodule %s doesn't exist", argv[1]);
+
+	printf("%s", ret);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int push_check(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct remote *remote;
+	const char *superproject_head;
+	char *head;
+	int detached_head = 0;
+	struct object_id head_oid;
+
+	if (argc < 3)
+		die("submodule--helper push-check requires at least 2 arguments");
+
+	/*
+	 * superproject's resolved head ref.
+	 * if HEAD then the superproject is in a detached head state, otherwise
+	 * it will be the resolved head ref.
+	 */
+	superproject_head = argv[1];
+	argv++;
+	argc--;
+	/* Get the submodule's head ref and determine if it is detached */
+	head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, &head_oid, NULL);
+	if (!head)
+		die(_("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref."));
+	if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD"))
+		detached_head = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * The remote must be configured.
+	 * This is to avoid pushing to the exact same URL as the parent.
+	 */
+	remote = pushremote_get(argv[1]);
+	if (!remote || remote->origin == REMOTE_UNCONFIGURED)
+		die("remote '%s' not configured", argv[1]);
+
+	/* Check the refspec */
+	if (argc > 2) {
+		int i;
+		struct ref *local_refs = get_local_heads();
+		struct refspec refspec = REFSPEC_INIT_PUSH;
+
+		refspec_appendn(&refspec, argv + 2, argc - 2);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < refspec.nr; i++) {
+			const struct refspec_item *rs = &refspec.items[i];
+
+			if (rs->pattern || rs->matching)
+				continue;
+
+			/* LHS must match a single ref */
+			switch (count_refspec_match(rs->src, local_refs, NULL)) {
+			case 1:
+				break;
+			case 0:
+				/*
+				 * If LHS matches 'HEAD' then we need to ensure
+				 * that it matches the same named branch
+				 * checked out in the superproject.
+				 */
+				if (!strcmp(rs->src, "HEAD")) {
+					if (!detached_head &&
+					    !strcmp(head, superproject_head))
+						break;
+					die("HEAD does not match the named branch in the superproject");
+				}
+				/* fallthrough */
+			default:
+				die("src refspec '%s' must name a ref",
+				    rs->src);
+			}
+		}
+		refspec_clear(&refspec);
+	}
+	free(head);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ensure_core_worktree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const struct submodule *sub;
+	const char *path;
+	char *cw;
+	struct repository subrepo;
+
+	if (argc != 2)
+		BUG("submodule--helper ensure-core-worktree <path>");
+
+	path = argv[1];
+
+	sub = submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path);
+	if (!sub)
+		BUG("We could get the submodule handle before?");
+
+	if (repo_submodule_init(&subrepo, the_repository, sub))
+		die(_("could not get a repository handle for submodule '%s'"), path);
+
+	if (!repo_config_get_string(&subrepo, "core.worktree", &cw)) {
+		char *cfg_file, *abs_path;
+		const char *rel_path;
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		cfg_file = repo_git_path(&subrepo, "config");
+
+		abs_path = absolute_pathdup(path);
+		rel_path = relative_path(abs_path, subrepo.gitdir, &sb);
+
+		git_config_set_in_file(cfg_file, "core.worktree", rel_path);
+
+		free(cfg_file);
+		free(abs_path);
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int absorb_git_dirs(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct pathspec pathspec;
+	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
+	unsigned flags = ABSORB_GITDIR_RECURSE_SUBMODULES;
+
+	struct option embed_gitdir_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
+			   N_("path"),
+			   N_("path into the working tree")),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "--recursive", &flags, N_("recurse into submodules"),
+			ABSORB_GITDIR_RECURSE_SUBMODULES),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper absorb-git-dirs [<options>] [<path>...]"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, embed_gitdir_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
+
+	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
+		absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(list.entries[i]->name, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int is_active(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	if (argc != 2)
+		die("submodule--helper is-active takes exactly 1 argument");
+
+	return !is_submodule_active(the_repository, argv[1]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Exit non-zero if any of the submodule names given on the command line is
+ * invalid. If no names are given, filter stdin to print only valid names
+ * (which is primarily intended for testing).
+ */
+static int check_name(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		while (*++argv) {
+			if (check_submodule_name(*argv) < 0)
+				return 1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin) != EOF) {
+			if (!check_submodule_name(buf.buf))
+				printf("%s\n", buf.buf);
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int module_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	enum {
+		CHECK_WRITEABLE = 1,
+		DO_UNSET = 2
+	} command = 0;
+
+	struct option module_config_options[] = {
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "check-writeable", &command,
+			    N_("check if it is safe to write to the .gitmodules file"),
+			    CHECK_WRITEABLE),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unset", &command,
+			    N_("unset the config in the .gitmodules file"),
+			    DO_UNSET),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
+		N_("git submodule--helper config <name> [<value>]"),
+		N_("git submodule--helper config --unset <name>"),
+		N_("git submodule--helper config --check-writeable"),
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_config_options,
+			     git_submodule_helper_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
+
+	if (argc == 1 && command == CHECK_WRITEABLE)
+		return is_writing_gitmodules_ok() ? 0 : -1;
+
+	/* Equivalent to ACTION_GET in builtin/config.c */
+	if (argc == 2 && command != DO_UNSET)
+		return print_config_from_gitmodules(the_repository, argv[1]);
+
+	/* Equivalent to ACTION_SET in builtin/config.c */
+	if (argc == 3 || (argc == 2 && command == DO_UNSET)) {
+		const char *value = (argc == 3) ? argv[2] : NULL;
+
+		if (!is_writing_gitmodules_ok())
+			die(_("please make sure that the .gitmodules file is in the working tree"));
+
+		return config_set_in_gitmodules_file_gently(argv[1], value);
+	}
+
+	usage_with_options(git_submodule_helper_usage, module_config_options);
+}
+
+#define SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX (1<<0)
+
+struct cmd_struct {
+	const char *cmd;
+	int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
+	unsigned option;
+};
+
+static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
+	{"list", module_list, 0},
+	{"name", module_name, 0},
+	{"clone", module_clone, 0},
+	{"update-module-mode", module_update_module_mode, 0},
+	{"update-clone", update_clone, 0},
+	{"ensure-core-worktree", ensure_core_worktree, 0},
+	{"relative-path", resolve_relative_path, 0},
+	{"resolve-relative-url", resolve_relative_url, 0},
+	{"resolve-relative-url-test", resolve_relative_url_test, 0},
+	{"foreach", module_foreach, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{"init", module_init, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{"status", module_status, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{"print-default-remote", print_default_remote, 0},
+	{"sync", module_sync, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{"deinit", module_deinit, 0},
+	{"remote-branch", resolve_remote_submodule_branch, 0},
+	{"push-check", push_check, 0},
+	{"absorb-git-dirs", absorb_git_dirs, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
+	{"is-active", is_active, 0},
+	{"check-name", check_name, 0},
+	{"config", module_config, 0},
+};
+
+int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int i;
+	if (argc < 2 || !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+		usage("git submodule--helper <command>");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[1], commands[i].cmd)) {
+			if (get_super_prefix() &&
+			    !(commands[i].option & SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX))
+				die(_("%s doesn't support --super-prefix"),
+				    commands[i].cmd);
+			return commands[i].fn(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix);
+		}
+	}
+
+	die(_("'%s' is not a valid submodule--helper "
+	      "subcommand"), argv[1]);
+}