I've found a workaround, if anyone is interested.
I use the first method (cloning to the usb disk, and then to the work
machine), then I remove .gitmodules and commit the change. I can then git
pull, and I keep the "disable submodules" commit locally. I don't mind,
since I don't push from this machine (I bring patches home).
2010/12/31 Raphael Langella <raphael.lange...@gmail.com>
> I'm trying to set up a system to easily keep my local repository at work
> up-to-date with a usb disk (no git access from there). This isn't critical,
> I can always copy the whole stuff each time, but I don't understand why this
> doesn't work and it is a good exercise to train my git foo.The contribs
> submodules are giving me trouble.
>
> To simplify, I've set both of this environment variables at work and at
> home:
> $usb points to the usb drive
> $src points to $HOME/crawl-ref/crawl-ref/source
>
> My first attempt is to clone the repository to the usb disk
>
> from home:
> cd $src
> tar zcvf $usb/contribs.tar.gz
> cd $usb
> git clone ~/crawl-ref
>
> from work:
> git clone $usb/crawl-ref
> cd $src
> tar zxvf $usb/contribs.tar.gz
>
> compiling works fine, but when I try to update from work, it tries to get
> the submodules and everything fails
>
> $ git pull
> Fetching submodule crawl-ref/source/contrib/sqlite
> crawl-ref.git.sourceforge.net[0: 216.34.181.91]: errno=Invalid argument
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)
> Fetching submodule crawl-ref/source/contrib/lua
> crawl-ref.git.sourceforge.net[0: 216.34.181.91]: errno=Invalid argument
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)
> ...
>
> Then I try to set up a remote repository on the usb disk and update from
> it.
>
> From home:
> git remote add disk $usb/crawl-repository
> git push disk master
>
> From work:
> git remote add disk $usb/crawl-repository
> git pull disk master
> From h:/crawl/crawl-ref
> * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
> Fetching submodule crawl-ref/source/contrib/sqlite
> crawl-ref.git.sourceforge.net[0: 216.34.181.91]: errno=Invalid argument
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)
> Fetching submodule crawl-ref/source/contrib/lua
> crawl-ref.git.sourceforge.net[0: 216.34.181.91]: errno=Invalid argument
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Invalid argument)
>
> Same problem.
>
> Then, instead of cloning the initial repository, I create an empty one and
> try to update from the one the usb disk.
>
> At work:
> mkdir crawl-ref
> cd crawl-ref
> git init
> git remote add disk $usb
> git pull disk master
> cd $src
> tar zxvf $usb/contribs.tar.gz
>
> This works well, I can even update it. Except that compilation fails :(
> ...
> GEN ../docs/aptitudes.txt
> No Git, and util/release_ver doesn't exist.
>
> $ git describe
> fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.
>
> So, can anyone help me with that?
>
> Raphaël
>
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