From a7d3c680151aa27608c6381db0983b51828c2358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 16:34:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow commit when submodule changes are present

We do not yet check or validate submodules, but can accept that
someone staged a change in a submodule with other tools.

Change-Id: I642ede382314bfbd1892dd509a2222885cc5350a
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
 .../org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java   | 28 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
index 2412e2c6c..d794c797b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.UnmergedPathException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.CommitBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
@@ -341,17 +342,24 @@ private DirCache createTemporaryIndex(ObjectId headId, DirCache index)
 					if (objectExists) {
 						dcEntry.setObjectId(fTree.getEntryObjectId());
 					} else {
-						// insert object
-						if (inserter == null)
-							inserter = repo.newObjectInserter();
+						if (FileMode.GITLINK.equals(dcEntry.getFileMode())) {
+							// Do not check the content of submodule entries
+							// Use the old entry information instead.
+							dcEntry.copyMetaData(index.getEntry(dcEntry
+									.getPathString()));
+						} else {
+							// insert object
+							if (inserter == null)
+								inserter = repo.newObjectInserter();
 
-						InputStream inputStream = fTree.openEntryStream();
-						try {
-							dcEntry.setObjectId(inserter.insert(
-									Constants.OBJ_BLOB, entryLength,
-									inputStream));
-						} finally {
-							inputStream.close();
+							InputStream inputStream = fTree.openEntryStream();
+							try {
+								dcEntry.setObjectId(inserter.insert(
+										Constants.OBJ_BLOB, entryLength,
+										inputStream));
+							} finally {
+								inputStream.close();
+							}
 						}
 					}