> +test_expect_success 'not writing gitmodules config file when it is not
> checked out' '
> + test_must_fail git -C super submodule--helper config
> submodule.submodule.url newurl
This only checks the exit code, do we also want to check for
test_path_is_missing .gitmodules ?
> +test_expect_success 'initialising submodule when the gitmodules config is
> not checked out' '
> + git -C super submodule init
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'showing submodule summary when the gitmodules config is
> not checked out' '
> + git -C super submodule summary
> +'
Same for these, is the exit code enough, or do we want to look at
specific things?
> +
> +test_expect_success 'updating submodule when the gitmodules config is not
> checked out' '
> + (cd submodule &&
> + echo file2 >file2 &&
> + git add file2 &&
> + git commit -m "add file2 to submodule"
> + ) &&
> + git -C super submodule update
git status would want to be clean afterwards?
