Shell script to automate moving a git submodule

mv-submodule.sh

#!/bin/bash

# See for eg
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4526910/rename-a-git-submodule;
# an important point seems to be to avoiding the trailing '/' when
# calling 'add' in the new location.

# Also, note that the name ([submodule = "name"]) in the .gitmodules
# file can be anything; it's just used to map to the corresponding
# .git/config entry.

# basename, to strip the trailing '/' off, which would bollocks things up immensely:
submod=`basename $1`

# check that it's a submodule:
if ! test -d $submod/.git; then
    echo "Error: not a submodule; move normally"
    exit -1
fi

sed -i "s/path = ${submod}/path = thirdparty\/${submod}/" .gitmodules
git add .gitmodules

mv $submod thirdparty
git add thirdparty/$submod

git rm --cached $submod

git ci -m "Moving submodule ${submod} to the thirdparty directory"