Improve git submodule help (#1587)
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no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
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no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
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These changes are not changes to files: they are changes to submodules (more on
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These changes are not changes to files: they are changes to submodules (more on this
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this [later](#git-submodules)). To get rid of those, run `git submodule update`
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[later](#git-submodules)). To get rid of those, run `./x.py --help`, which will automatically update
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(or run any `x.py` command, which will automatically update the submodules).
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the submodules.
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Note that,
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as of <!-- date-check --> Aug 2022,
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Some submodules are not actually needed; for example, `src/llvm-project` doesn't need to be checked
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out if you're using `download-ci-llvm`. To avoid having to keep fetching its history, you can use
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`git submodule deinit -f src/llvm-project`, which will also avoid it showing as modified again.
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Note that, as of <!-- date-check --> Aug 2022,
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there is a [bug][#77620] if you use worktrees,
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there is a [bug][#77620] if you use worktrees,
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submodules, and `x.py` in a commit hook.
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submodules, and `x.py` in a commit hook.
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If you run into an error like the following,
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If you run into an error like the following,
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it's not anything you did wrong:
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it's not anything you did wrong:
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```
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error: failed to read `/home/joshua/rustc-worktree/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/Cargo.toml`
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error: failed to read `/home/jyn/rustc-worktree/src/tools/cargo/Cargo.toml`
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Caused by:
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Caused by:
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No such file or directory (os error 2)
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No such file or directory (os error 2)
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[#77620]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77620
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[#77620]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77620
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[#77620-workaround]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77620#issuecomment-705228229
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[#77620-workaround]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77620#issuecomment-705228229
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(Note that as of Sept 2022 `miri` is a subtree and not a submodule.)
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## Rebasing and Conflicts
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## Rebasing and Conflicts
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When you edit your code locally, you are making changes to the version of
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When you edit your code locally, you are making changes to the version of
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