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PATCH In review Stefan Beller 3 participants 7 messages Oct 12, 2018 – Oct 16, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 submodule helper: convert relative URL to absolute URL if needed

The submodule helper update_clone called by "git submodule update", clones submodules if needed. As submodules used to have the URL indicating if they were active, the step to resolve relative URLs was done in the "submodule init" step. Nowadays submodules can be configured active without calling an explicit init, e.g. via configuring submodule.active.

Then we'll fallback to the URL found in the .gitmodules, which may be relative to the superproject, but we do not resolve it, yet.

To do so, factor out the function that resolves the relative URLs in "git submodule init" (in the submodule helper in the init_submodule function) and cal it at the appropriate place in the update_clone helper.

---
 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
builtin/submodule--helper.c +31 -17
index f6fb8991f3..a9a3ac38be 100644
@@ -584,6 +584,27 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+	free(remoteurl);
+
+	return relurl;
+}
+
 struct init_cb {
 	const char *prefix;
 	unsigned int flags;
@@ -634,21 +655,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
 		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
 		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
 		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
-			char *remoteurl, *relurl;
-			char *remote = get_default_remote();
-			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
-			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
-			free(remote);
-
-			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
-				warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
-				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
-			}
-			relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
-			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
-			free(remoteurl);
-			free(url);
-			url = relurl;
+			char *to_free = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(url);
+			free(to_free);
 		}
 
 		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, url))
@@ -1562,8 +1571,13 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url))
-		url = sub->url;
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url))
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
+		else
+			url = sub->url;
+	}
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", ce->name);
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +24 -0
index c0ffc1022a..3f5dd5e4ef 100755
@@ -1224,6 +1224,30 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone active submodule without submodule url set' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf test/test" &&
+	mkdir test &&
+	# another dir breaks accidental relative paths still being correct
+	git clone file://"$pwd"/multisuper test/test &&
+	(
+		cd test/test &&
+		git config submodule.active "." &&
+
+		# do not pass --init flag, as it is already active:
+		git submodule update &&
+		git submodule status >actual_raw &&
+
+		cut -c 1,43- actual_raw >actual &&
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		 sub0 (test2)
+		 sub1 (test2)
+		 sub2 (test2)
+		 sub3 (test2)
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone --recurse-submodules with a pathspec works' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf multisuper_clone" &&
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
Signature · 1 line
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#1 lore raw

Hi,

Quoted 8 lines · Stefan Beller

The submodule helper update_clone called by "git submodule update", clones submodules if needed. As submodules used to have the URL indicating if they were active, the step to resolve relative URLs was done in the "submodule init" step. Nowadays submodules can be configured active without calling an explicit init, e.g. via configuring submodule.active.

Then we'll fallback to the URL found in the .gitmodules, which may be relative to the superproject, but we do not resolve it, yet.

Oh! Good catch.

Quoted 3 lines

To do so, factor out the function that resolves the relative URLs in "git submodule init" (in the submodule helper in the init_submodule function) and cal it at the appropriate place in the update_clone helper.

s/cal/call/

Quoted 5 lines
---
 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

What is the symptom when this fails?

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) · line 588

Quoted 10 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +2 -0
index f6fb8991f3..a9a3ac38be 100644
@@ -584,6 +584,27 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)

Should be static.

Is the caller responsible for freeing the returned buffer?

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) · line 592

Quoted 4 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +4 -0
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;

optional: could rename, something like

	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;

	remote = get_default_remote();
	strbuf_addf(&key, "remote.%s.url", remote);

[...]

	strbuf_release(&key);
	free(remote);
	return result;

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) · line 598

Quoted 6 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +6 -0
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);

nit: lookup is the noun, "look up" is the verb

Quoted 21 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +9 -5
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+	free(remoteurl);
+
+	return relurl;
+}
+
 struct init_cb {
 	const char *prefix;
 	unsigned int flags;
@@ -634,21 +655,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
 		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
 		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
 		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
-			char *remoteurl, *relurl;
-			char *remote = get_default_remote();
-			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
-			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
-			free(remote);

builtin/submodule--helper.c static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, · line 651

Quoted 10 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +0 -10
-
-			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
-				warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
-				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
-			}
-			relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
-			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
-			free(remoteurl);
-			free(url);
-			url = relurl;

Ah, this is moved code. I should have used --color-moved. ;-)

builtin/submodule--helper.c static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, · line 660

Quoted 3 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +3 -0
+			char *to_free = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(url);
+			free(to_free);

Maybe:

			char *old_url = url;
			url = ...(old_url);
			free(old_url);
Quoted 6 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +0 -0
 		}
 
 		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, url))
@@ -1562,8 +1571,13 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce, · line 1580

Quoted 10 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +7 -2
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url))
-		url = sub->url;
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url))
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
+		else
+			url = sub->url;
+	}

Nice.

t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' ' · line 1227

Quoted 12 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +0 -0
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", ce->name);
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +1 -0
index c0ffc1022a..3f5dd5e4ef 100755
@@ -1224,6 +1224,30 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone active submodule without submodule url set' '

Thanks for the test \o/.

t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' ' · line 1236

Quoted 9 lines
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +9 -0
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf test/test" &&
+	mkdir test &&
+	# another dir breaks accidental relative paths still being correct
+	git clone file://"$pwd"/multisuper test/test &&
+	(
+		cd test/test &&
+		git config submodule.active "." &&
+
+		# do not pass --init flag, as it is already active:

What does "it" refer to here?

Quoted 7 lines
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +7 -0
+		git submodule update &&
+		git submodule status >actual_raw &&
+
+		cut -c 1,43- actual_raw >actual &&
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		 sub0 (test2)
+		 sub1 (test2)

t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' ' · line 1253

Quoted 10 lines
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +7 -0
+		 sub2 (test2)
+		 sub3 (test2)
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone --recurse-submodules with a pathspec works' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf multisuper_clone" &&
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&

Thanks for the quick fix.

Jonathan

#2 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 submodule helper: convert relative URL to absolute URL if needed

In reply to Stefan Beller

The submodule helper update_clone called by "git submodule update", clones submodules if needed. As submodules used to have the URL indicating if they were active, the step to resolve relative URLs was done in the "submodule init" step. Nowadays submodules can be configured active without calling an explicit init, e.g. via configuring submodule.active.

When trying to obtain submodules that are set active this way, we'll fallback to the URL found in the .gitmodules, which may be relative to the superproject, but we do not resolve it, yet:

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
cd gerrit && grep url .gitmodules
url = ../plugins/codemirror-editor
...
git config submodule.active .
git submodule update
fatal: repository '../plugins/codemirror-editor' does not exist
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor'. Retry scheduled
[...]
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor' a second time, aborting
[...]

To resolve the issue, factor out the function that resolves the relative URLs in "git submodule init" (in the submodule helper in the init_submodule function) and call it at the appropriate place in the update_clone helper.

---

Quoted 1 line · Jonathan

Ah, this is moved code. I should have used --color-moved. ;-)

Yes, any cleanup should go on top.

I extended the commit message and made sure not to leak memory.

When rerolling origin/xxx/sb-submodule-recursive-fetch-gets-the-tip-in-pu, there will be conflicts with this series, but I can work with that.

 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
builtin/submodule--helper.c +31 -17
index f6fb8991f3..03f5e0d03e 100644
@@ -584,6 +584,27 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+static char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+	free(remoteurl);
+
+	return relurl;
+}
+
 struct init_cb {
 	const char *prefix;
 	unsigned int flags;
@@ -634,21 +655,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
 		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
 		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
 		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
-			char *remoteurl, *relurl;
-			char *remote = get_default_remote();
-			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
-			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
-			free(remote);
-
-			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
-				warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
-				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
-			}
-			relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
-			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
-			free(remoteurl);
-			free(url);
-			url = relurl;
+			char *to_free = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(url);
+			free(to_free);
 		}
 
 		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, url))
@@ -1562,8 +1571,13 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url))
-		url = sub->url;
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url))
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
+		else
+			url = sub->url;
+	}
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", ce->name);
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +24 -0
index c0ffc1022a..76a7cb0af7 100755
@@ -1224,6 +1224,30 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone active submodule without submodule url set' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf test/test" &&
+	mkdir test &&
+	# another dir breaks accidental relative paths still being correct
+	git clone file://"$pwd"/multisuper test/test &&
+	(
+		cd test/test &&
+		git config submodule.active "." &&
+
+		# do not pass --init flag, as the submodule is already active:
+		git submodule update &&
+		git submodule status >actual_raw &&
+
+		cut -c 1,43- actual_raw >actual &&
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		 sub0 (test2)
+		 sub1 (test2)
+		 sub2 (test2)
+		 sub3 (test2)
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone --recurse-submodules with a pathspec works' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf multisuper_clone" &&
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
Signature · 1 line
2.19.0
Reviewed-by on v1 1/1
#3 lore raw

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines · Stefan Beller

The submodule helper update_clone called by "git submodule update", clones submodules if needed. As submodules used to have the URL indicating if they were active, the step to resolve relative URLs was done in the "submodule init" step. Nowadays submodules can be configured active without calling an explicit init, e.g. via configuring submodule.active.

When trying to obtain submodules that are set active this way, we'll fallback to the URL found in the .gitmodules, which may be relative to the superproject, but we do not resolve it, yet:

Quoted 13 lines

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
cd gerrit && grep url .gitmodules
url = ../plugins/codemirror-editor
...
git config submodule.active .
git submodule update
fatal: repository '../plugins/codemirror-editor' does not exist
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor'. Retry scheduled
[...]
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor' a second time, aborting
[...]

Thanks.

"git log" and other tools have the ability to rewrap lines and will get confused by this transcript. Can you indent it to unconfuse them?

Quoted 1 line

Please also credit the bug reporter:

[...]

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) · line 587

Quoted 7 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +1 -0
@@ -584,6 +584,27 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+

nit: inconsistent vertical whitespace (extra blank line?)

Quoted 9 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +9 -0
+static char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	free(remote);
+

builtin/submodule--helper.c static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) · line 606

Quoted 10 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +10 -0
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+	free(remoteurl);
+
+	return relurl;
+}

I think this would be easier to read with all the release commands together:

	...

	free(remote);
	free(remoteurl);
	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
	return relurl;

[...]

Quoted 1 line
builtin/submodule--helper.c +0 -0
@@ -634,21 +655,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,

[...]

builtin/submodule--helper.c static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, · line 660

Quoted 8 lines
builtin/submodule--helper.c +3 -5
-			relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
-			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
-			free(remoteurl);
-			free(url);
-			url = relurl;
+			char *to_free = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(url);
+			free(to_free);

I still think this would be easier to read with a style that makes the ownership passing clearer:

			char *oldurl = url;
			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(oldurl);
			free(oldurl);

With whatever subset of the above tweaks makes sense,

Thanks.

#4 lore raw
Quoted 19 lines · Jonathan Nieder
Quoted 9 lines

git config submodule.active .
git submodule update
fatal: repository '../plugins/codemirror-editor' does not exist
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor'. Retry scheduled
[...]
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor' a second time, aborting
[...]

Thanks.

"git log" and other tools have the ability to rewrap lines and will get confused by this transcript. Can you indent it to unconfuse them?

Quoted 1 line

Please also credit the bug reporter:

Quoted 8 lines

...
nit: inconsistent vertical whitespace (extra blank line?)
...
I think this would be easier to read with all the release commands together:
...

All good points.

#5 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 submodule helper: convert relative URL to absolute URL if needed

The submodule helper update_clone called by "git submodule update", clones submodules if needed. As submodules used to have the URL indicating if they were active, the step to resolve relative URLs was done in the "submodule init" step. Nowadays submodules can be configured active without calling an explicit init, e.g. via configuring submodule.active.

When trying to obtain submodules that are set active this way, we'll fallback to the URL found in the .gitmodules, which may be relative to the superproject, but we do not resolve it, yet:

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
cd gerrit && grep url .gitmodules
url = ../plugins/codemirror-editor
...
git config submodule.active .
git submodule update
fatal: repository '../plugins/codemirror-editor' does not exist
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor'. Retry scheduled
[...]
fatal: clone of '../plugins/codemirror-editor' into submodule path '/tmp/gerrit/plugins/codemirror-editor' failed Failed to clone 'plugins/codemirror-editor' a second time, aborting
[...]

To resolve the issue, factor out the function that resolves the relative URLs in "git submodule init" (in the submodule helper in the init_submodule function) and call it at the appropriate place in the update_clone helper.

---
 builtin/submodule--helper.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh  | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
builtin/submodule--helper.c +34 -17
index f6fb8991f3..13c2e4b556 100644
@@ -584,6 +584,26 @@ static int module_foreach(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char *compute_submodule_clone_url(const char *rel_url)
+{
+	char *remoteurl, *relurl;
+	char *remote = get_default_remote();
+	struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
+	if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
+		warning(_("could not look up configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
+		remoteurl = xgetcwd();
+	}
+	relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, rel_url, NULL);
+
+	free(remote);
+	free(remoteurl);
+	strbuf_release(&remotesb);
+
+	return relurl;
+}
+
 struct init_cb {
 	const char *prefix;
 	unsigned int flags;
@@ -634,21 +654,9 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix,
 		/* Possibly a url relative to parent */
 		if (starts_with_dot_dot_slash(url) ||
 		    starts_with_dot_slash(url)) {
-			char *remoteurl, *relurl;
-			char *remote = get_default_remote();
-			struct strbuf remotesb = STRBUF_INIT;
-			strbuf_addf(&remotesb, "remote.%s.url", remote);
-			free(remote);
-
-			if (git_config_get_string(remotesb.buf, &remoteurl)) {
-				warning(_("could not lookup configuration '%s'. Assuming this repository is its own authoritative upstream."), remotesb.buf);
-				remoteurl = xgetcwd();
-			}
-			relurl = relative_url(remoteurl, url, NULL);
-			strbuf_release(&remotesb);
-			free(remoteurl);
-			free(url);
-			url = relurl;
+			char *oldurl = url;
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(oldurl);
+			free(oldurl);
 		}
 
 		if (git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, url))
@@ -1514,6 +1522,7 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *displaypath = NULL;
 	int needs_cloning = 0;
+	int need_free_url = 0;
 
 	if (ce_stage(ce)) {
 		if (suc->recursive_prefix)
@@ -1562,8 +1571,14 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url))
-		url = sub->url;
+	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
+		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url)) {
+			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
+			need_free_url = 1;
+		} else
+			url = sub->url;
+	}
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/.git", ce->name);
@@ -1608,6 +1623,8 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 cleanup:
 	strbuf_reset(&displaypath_sb);
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	if (need_free_url)
+		free((void*)url);
 
 	return needs_cloning;
 }
t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +24 -0
index c0ffc1022a..76a7cb0af7 100755
@@ -1224,6 +1224,30 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update and setting submodule.<name>.active' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone active submodule without submodule url set' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf test/test" &&
+	mkdir test &&
+	# another dir breaks accidental relative paths still being correct
+	git clone file://"$pwd"/multisuper test/test &&
+	(
+		cd test/test &&
+		git config submodule.active "." &&
+
+		# do not pass --init flag, as the submodule is already active:
+		git submodule update &&
+		git submodule status >actual_raw &&
+
+		cut -c 1,43- actual_raw >actual &&
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		 sub0 (test2)
+		 sub1 (test2)
+		 sub2 (test2)
+		 sub3 (test2)
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone --recurse-submodules with a pathspec works' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf multisuper_clone" &&
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
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