"ValueError: attempt to reinitialize" error from Repository.update_submodules()
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Description
I keep getting:
File "\GitWorkflow.py", line 126, in update_submodules
repo.update_submodules(callbacks=callbacks, init=False)
File "\lib\site-packages\pygit2\repository.py", line 108, in update_submodules
check_error(err)
File "\lib\site-packages\pygit2\errors.py", line 52, in check_error
raise ValueError(message)
ValueError: attempt to reinitialize '{path}'
Seems to be C.GIT_EEXISTS(?)
I am running:
repo.init_submodules()
repo.update_submodules(callbacks=callbacks)
Oddly, the error seems to come only from update_submodules, not init_submodules.
The folder for the submodule in question exists, but it is empty. "git submodule update" works without issue.
Am I doing something wrong?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the sequence with repo.init_submodules() followed by repo.update_submodules(callbacks=callbacks), then compare it with the working git submodule update behavior. Read the Repository.update_submodules() entry point and the reported GitWorkflow.py call site; done means identifying whether the empty submodule directory and reinitialization error indicate incorrect usage or a pygit2 bug.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100