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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/git-submodule.sh29
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/git-submodule.sh b/scripts/git-submodule.sh
index 08932a35f0..039f782d81 100755
--- a/scripts/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/scripts/git-submodule.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,27 @@
 # This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-set -e
-
 substat=".git-submodule-status"
 
 command=$1
 shift
 modules="$@"
 
+test -z "$GIT" && GIT=git
+
+error() {
+    echo "$0: $*"
+    echo
+    echo "Unable to automatically checkout GIT submodules '$modules'."
+    echo "If you require use of an alternative GIT binary (for example to"
+    echo "enable use of a transparent proxy), then please specify it by"
+    echo "running configure by with the '--with-git' argument. e.g."
+    echo
+    echo " $ ./configure --with-git='tsocks git'"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
 if test -z "$modules"
 then
     test -e $substat || touch $substat
@@ -27,12 +40,18 @@ case "$command" in
 status)
     test -f "$substat" || exit 1
     trap "rm -f ${substat}.tmp" EXIT
-    git submodule status $modules > "${substat}.tmp"
+    $GIT submodule status $modules > "${substat}.tmp"
+    test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to query git submodule status"
     diff "${substat}" "${substat}.tmp" >/dev/null
     exit $?
     ;;
 update)
-    git submodule update --init $modules 1>/dev/null
-    git submodule status $modules > "${substat}"
+    $GIT submodule update --init $modules 1>/dev/null
+    test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to update modules"
+
+    $GIT submodule status $modules > "${substat}"
+    test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to save git submodule status" >&2
     ;;
 esac
+
+exit 0