Merge pull request #11555 from uranusjr/ignore-git-submodule-failure

Ignore failing git submodule test for now

Author: pradyunsg

news/B5BABEE8-4FFA-4D62-87AB-FE7450141ECF.trivial.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Git 2.38.1 patched CVE-2022-39253 by disaling automated fetch against a
+``file:`` repository. This breaks git submodule, which is used by a pip test.
+Information on how projects relying on automated fetch should  configure git
+correctly after this change is lacking, so the test is disabled for now until
+someone can come up with a better solution.

tests/functional/test_install_vcs_git.py

@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ def test_reinstalling_works_with_editable_non_master_branch(
 
 # TODO(pnasrat) fix all helpers to do right things with paths on windows.
 @pytest.mark.skipif("sys.platform == 'win32'")
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    condition=True,
+    reason="Git submodule against file: is not working; waiting for a good solution",
+    run=True,
+)
 def test_check_submodule_addition(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
     """
     Submodules are pulled in on install and updated on upgrade.