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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"submodule update doesn't work with relative submodule paths (in GitPython 2.1.14)","articleBody":"When using the git.objects.submodules.base.Submodule.update method (https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html#git.objects.submodule.base.Submodule.update), the git python module seems to fake a `git submodule` call with `git clone`. It executes ```git clone -n --separate-git-dir=\u003cworkspace\u003e/.git/modules/\u003csubmodule_path\u003e -v \u003csubmodule_url\u003e \u003cworkspace\u003e/\u003csubmodule_path\u003e```. This command doesn't work when a submodule is specified as a relative path in the `.gitmodules` path. For example:\r\n```\r\n[submodule \"main_project/submodule\"]\r\n  path = main_project/submodule\r\n  url = ../../other_project/some_module.git\r\n```\r\nThe `git.objects.submodules.base.Submodule.update` then fails with `repository '../../other_project/some_module.git' does not exist.\r\n\r\nThe regular `git submodule` command is able to resolve the paths.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Genovese-martijn","@type":"Person","name":"Genovese-martijn"},"datePublished":"2019-10-18T09:11:16.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":14},"url":"https://github.com/944/GitPython/issues/944"}