Re: [PATCH] unpack-trees.c: assume submodules are clean during check-out

[Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:29:52AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Passing of ce instead of path in the unpack-trees callchain
> looks like the right thing to do.  Good job.

Actually, my patch only fixes the tip of the iceberg.
If you have a submodule checked out and you go back (or forward)
to a revision of the supermodule that contains a different
revision of the submodule and then switch to another revision,
it will complain that the submodule is not uptodate, because
git simply didn't update the submodule in the first move.

Now, you may say that I simply need to run 'git submodule update'
after every such move, but this is very inconvenient, especially
if you're doing a bisect or a rebase.

How do other people deal with this problem?

How about just replacing the body of ce_compare_gitlink
with "return 0" until git actually (optionally) updates
the submodules during an update of the supermodule?

skimo