Merge branch 'sb/submodule-deinit-all'

Correct faulty recommendation to use "git submodule deinit ." when
de-initialising all submodules, which would result in a strange
error message in a pathological corner case.

* sb/submodule-deinit-all:
  submodule deinit: require '--all' instead of '.' for all submodules

Documentation/git-submodule.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	      [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
+'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
 	      [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>]
 	      [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]
@@ -140,12 +140,15 @@ deinit::
 	tree. Further calls to `git submodule update`, `git submodule foreach`
 	and `git submodule sync` will skip any unregistered submodules until
 	they are initialized again, so use this command if you don't want to
-	have a local checkout of the submodule in your work tree anymore. If
+	have a local checkout of the submodule in your working tree anymore. If
 	you really want to remove a submodule from the repository and commit
 	that use linkgit:git-rm[1] instead.
 +
-If `--force` is specified, the submodule's work tree will be removed even if
-it contains local modifications.
+When the command is run without pathspec, it errors out,
+instead of deinit-ing everything, to prevent mistakes.
++
+If `--force` is specified, the submodule's working tree will
+be removed even if it contains local modifications.
 
 update::
 +
@@ -247,6 +250,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --quiet::
 	Only print error messages.
 
+--all::
+	This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all
+	submodules in the working tree.
+
 -b::
 --branch::
 	Branch of repository to add as submodule.
@@ -257,8 +264,8 @@ OPTIONS
 --force::
 	This option is only valid for add, deinit and update commands.
 	When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
-	When running deinit the submodule work trees will be removed even if
-	they contain local changes.
+	When running deinit the submodule working trees will be removed even
+	if they contain local changes.
 	When running update (only effective with the checkout procedure),
 	throw away local changes in submodules when switching to a
 	different commit; and always run a checkout operation in the

git-submodule.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
 USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-   or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
+   or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all| [--] <path>...)
    or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ cmd_init()
 cmd_deinit()
 {
 	# parse $args after "submodule ... deinit".
+	deinit_all=
 	while test $# -ne 0
 	do
 		case "$1" in
@@ -424,6 +425,9 @@ cmd_deinit()
 		-q|--quiet)
 			GIT_QUIET=1
 			;;
+		--all)
+			deinit_all=t
+			;;
 		--)
 			shift
 			break
@@ -438,9 +442,14 @@ cmd_deinit()
 		shift
 	done
 
-	if test $# = 0
+	if test -n "$deinit_all" && test "$#" -ne 0
 	then
-		die "$(eval_gettext "Use '.' if you really want to deinitialize all submodules")"
+		echo >&2 "$(eval_gettext "pathspec and --all are incompatible")"
+		usage
+	fi
+	if test $# = 0 && test -z "$deinit_all"
+	then
+		die "$(eval_gettext "Use '--all' if you really want to deinitialize all submodules")"
 	fi
 
 	git submodule--helper list --prefix "$wt_prefix" "$@" |

t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ subcommands of git submodule.
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule deinit works on empty repository' '
+	git submodule deinit --all
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup - initial commit' '
 	>t &&
 	git add t &&
@@ -915,7 +919,8 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule deinit works on repository without submodules' '
 		>file &&
 		git add file &&
 		git commit -m "repo should not be empty" &&
-		git submodule deinit .
+		git submodule deinit . &&
+		git submodule deinit --all
 	)
 '
 
@@ -957,6 +962,19 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule deinit . deinits all initialized submodules' '
 	rmdir init example2
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'submodule deinit --all deinits all initialized submodules' '
+	git submodule update --init &&
+	git config submodule.example.foo bar &&
+	git config submodule.example2.frotz nitfol &&
+	test_must_fail git submodule deinit &&
+	git submodule deinit --all >actual &&
+	test -z "$(git config --get-regexp "submodule\.example\.")" &&
+	test -z "$(git config --get-regexp "submodule\.example2\.")" &&
+	test_i18ngrep "Cleared directory .init" actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep "Cleared directory .example2" actual &&
+	rmdir init example2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'submodule deinit deinits a submodule when its work tree is missing or empty' '
 	git submodule update --init &&
 	rm -rf init example2/* example2/.git &&
@@ -1023,6 +1041,10 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule deinit is silent when used on an uninitialized su
 	test_i18ngrep ! "Submodule .example. (.*) unregistered for path .init" actual &&
 	test_i18ngrep ! "Submodule .example2. (.*) unregistered for path .example2" actual &&
 	test_i18ngrep "Cleared directory .init" actual &&
+	git submodule deinit --all >actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep ! "Submodule .example. (.*) unregistered for path .init" actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep ! "Submodule .example2. (.*) unregistered for path .example2" actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep "Cleared directory .init" actual &&
 	rmdir init example2
 '