From 36acf4e90305df2e099f96c0350aec09bbf5cdcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Constantine Plotnikov <Constantine.Plotnikov@jetbrains.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:14:38 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] git4idea: The changes to submodule information could be now
 committed.

---
 plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/checkin/GitCheckinEnvironment.java | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/checkin/GitCheckinEnvironment.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/checkin/GitCheckinEnvironment.java
index 365a703edf..c6bf41c84c 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/checkin/GitCheckinEnvironment.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/checkin/GitCheckinEnvironment.java
@@ -559,7 +559,10 @@ public class GitCheckinEnvironment implements CheckinEnvironment {
       final FilePath filePath = afterRevision != null ? afterRevision.getFile() : beforeRevision.getFile();
       final VirtualFile vcsRoot;
       try {
-        vcsRoot = GitUtil.getGitRoot(filePath);
+        // the parent paths for calculating roots in order to account for submodules that contribute
+        // to the parent change. The path "." is never is valid change, so there should be no problem
+        // with it.
+        vcsRoot = GitUtil.getGitRoot(filePath.getParentPath());
       }
       catch (VcsException e) {
         exceptions.add(e);
-- 
2.11.4.GIT