submodule: use the 'submodule--helper config' command

Use the 'submodule--helper config' command in git-submodules.sh to avoid
referring explicitly to .gitmodules by the hardcoded file path.

This makes it possible to access the submodules configuration in a more
controlled way.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 1cb2c0a31b416f9db979cb86badac5f958792453..25b9bc58cb8e20e5eb55e3e758c28e4e55df17f7 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ get_submodule_config () {
        value=$(git config submodule."$name"."$option")
        if test -z "$value"
        then
-               value=$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$name"."$option")
+               value=$(git submodule--helper config submodule."$name"."$option")
        fi
        printf '%s' "${value:-$default}"
 }
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ or you are unsure what this means choose another name with the '--name' option."
        git add --no-warn-embedded-repo $force "$sm_path" ||
        die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to add submodule '\$sm_path'")"
 
-       git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
-       git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
+       git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".path "$sm_path" &&
+       git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".url "$repo" &&
        if test -n "$branch"
        then
-               git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
+               git submodule--helper config submodule."$sm_name".branch "$branch"
        fi &&
        git add --force .gitmodules ||
        die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")"