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From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
To: Daniel Hahler <genml+git-2014@thequod.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: diff-index does not consider a removed submodule to be staged with --ignore-submodules
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:36:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <541F44CA.7080403@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <541DA95A.2030407@thequod.de>

Am 20.09.2014 um 18:20 schrieb Daniel Hahler:
> After staging the removal of a submodule, diff-index does not consider this when "--ignore-submodules" is being used:
>
>      # In a repository with submodule "sm":
>      % git rm --cached sm
>      % git diff-index --cached --quiet --ignore-submodules HEAD
>      % echo $?
>      0
>      % git status
>      On branch master
>      Changes to be committed:
>        (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
>
>          deleted:    sm
>
> "git status --ignore-submodules" behaves the same.
>
>>From the man page of "--ignore-submodules" it looks like the option is meant to prevent scanning of submodules itself, but in this case the main repository is affected.

Sorry, but I don't know what man page you are talking about here ...

> This command is used by zsh's vcs_info module (in Functions/VCS_Info/Backends/VCS_INFO_get_data_git):
>
>      if (( querystaged )) ; then
>          if ${vcs_comm[cmd]} rev-parse --quiet --verify HEAD &> /dev/null ; then
>              ${vcs_comm[cmd]} diff-index --cached --quiet --ignore-submodules HEAD 2> /dev/null
>              (( $? && $? != 128 )) && gitstaged=1
>
> Is this a bug/oversight in Git or by design?
> Is there a better way to detect if there are any staged changes?

It might be that --ignore-submodules=dirty is what you want. It will
report changes in the committed submodule SHA-1, added and removed
submodules but won't care about any modifications inside the submodule.

      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-21 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-20 16:20 diff-index does not consider a removed submodule to be staged with --ignore-submodules Daniel Hahler
2014-09-21 21:36 ` Jens Lehmann [this message]

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