HACK work around missing index entry for existing empty submodules

diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index 97be72faca482803e6ee8d5ccf42b0106a4d0073..a6b22018f81bb6d494a073f4ab32481cf0ec24e9 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -670,7 +670,13 @@ test_expect_success '../bar/a/b/c works with relative local path - ../foo/bar.gi
                cp pristine-.git-config .git/config &&
                cp pristine-.gitmodules .gitmodules &&
                mkdir -p a/b/c &&
-               (cd a/b/c; git init) &&
+               (cd a/b/c &&
+                git init &&
+# HACK! work around no index changes for commit-less submodule addition
+                touch file &&
+                git add file &&
+                git commit -m "add file"
+               ) &&
                git config remote.origin.url ../foo/bar.git &&
                git submodule add ../bar/a/b/c ./a/b/c &&
                git submodule init &&