@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ def _do_base_tests(self, rwrepo):
317317 # forcibly delete the child repository
318318 prev_count = len (sm .children ())
319319 self .failUnlessRaises (ValueError , csm .remove , force = True )
320- # We removed sm, which removed all submodules. Howver , the instance we have
321- # still points to the commit prior to that, where it still existed
320+ # We removed sm, which removed all submodules. However , the instance we
321+ # have still points to the commit prior to that, where it still existed
322322 csm .set_parent_commit (csm .repo .commit (), check = False )
323323 assert not csm .exists ()
324324 assert not csm .module_exists ()
@@ -801,6 +801,24 @@ def assert_exists(sm, value=True):
801801 assert os .path .isdir (sm_module_path ) == dry_run
802802 # end for each dry-run mode
803803
804+ @with_rw_directory
805+ def test_remove_norefs (self , rwdir ):
806+ parent = git .Repo .init (os .path .join (rwdir , 'parent' ))
807+ sm_name = 'mymodules/myname'
808+ sm = parent .create_submodule (sm_name , sm_name , url = self ._small_repo_url ())
809+ assert sm .exists ()
810+ 811+ parent .index .commit ("Added submodule" )
812+ 813+ assert sm .repo is parent # yoh was surprised since expected sm repo!!
814+ # so created a new instance for submodule
815+ smrepo = git .Repo (os .path .join (rwdir , 'parent' , sm .path ))
816+ # Adding a remote without fetching so would have no references
817+ smrepo .create_remote ('special' , 'git@server-shouldnotmatter:repo.git' )
818+ # And we should be able to remove it just fine
819+ sm .remove ()
820+ assert not sm .exists ()
821+ 804822 @with_rw_directory
805823 def test_rename (self , rwdir ):
806824 parent = git .Repo .init (os .path .join (rwdir , 'parent' ))
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