)
'
-test_expect_success 'reading submodules config with "submodule--helper config"' '
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the working tree with "submodule--helper config"' '
(cd super &&
echo "../submodule" >expect &&
git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
)
'
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the index when .gitmodules is not in the working tree' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url "staged_url" &&
+ git add .gitmodules &&
+ rm -f .gitmodules &&
+ echo "staged_url" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reading submodules config from the current branch when .gitmodules is not in the index' '
+ ORIG=$(git -C super rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ test_when_finished "git -C super reset --hard $ORIG" &&
+ (cd super &&
+ git rm .gitmodules &&
+ echo "../submodule" >expect &&
+ git submodule--helper config submodule.submodule.url >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
test_done