Sync with Git 2.17.1

* maint: (25 commits)
  Git 2.17.1
  Git 2.16.4
  Git 2.15.2
  Git 2.14.4
  Git 2.13.7
  fsck: complain when .gitmodules is a symlink
  index-pack: check .gitmodules files with --strict
  unpack-objects: call fsck_finish() after fscking objects
  fsck: call fsck_finish() after fscking objects
  fsck: check .gitmodules content
  fsck: handle promisor objects in .gitmodules check
  fsck: detect gitmodules files
  fsck: actually fsck blob data
  fsck: simplify ".git" check
  index-pack: make fsck error message more specific
  verify_path: disallow symlinks in .gitmodules
  update-index: stat updated files earlier
  verify_dotfile: mention case-insensitivity in comment
  verify_path: drop clever fallthrough
  skip_prefix: add case-insensitive variant
  ...

submodule-config.h

@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@ const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(struct repository *r,
 					    const char *path);
 void submodule_free(struct repository *r);
 
+/*
+ * Returns 0 if the name is syntactically acceptable as a submodule "name"
+ * (e.g., that may be found in the subsection of a .gitmodules file) and -1
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+int check_submodule_name(const char *name);
+
 #endif /* SUBMODULE_CONFIG_H */