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From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Subject: Re: gitk with submodules does not show new commits on other branches
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:42:48 +0200
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Am 22.06.2014 16:09, schrieb Stephen Kelly:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> boost.git, is using submodules. 
> 
> If I run gitk after a pull, there are some messages along the lines of 
> 
> 
>     Update preprocessor from develop.
> 
>   Submodule libs/preprocessor 9d2d1ff..1422fce:
>     Merge branch 'master' into develop
> 
> 
> That is, it shows only the merge. 
> 
> If I then run 
> 
>  git log --oneline 9d2d1ff..1422fce 
> 
> I can see the commits which were made on master and then merged into 
> develop. Please show the same information (ie all commits newly reachable 
> from develop) in the submodule gitk output.

This should not happen by default. If you have a feature branch based
workflow, the merge is just what you want to see. And "git submodule
summary" is giving you the exact same information.

But I agree that this is suboptimal for your workflow. What about adding
a "Visualize These Changes In The Submodule" menu entry for the context
menu of a change in gitk just like the one git gui already has? Then the
user could examine the merges in more detail if he wants.