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Re: Changled submodule cannot be "git added"

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NSNico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-linux-git@schottelius.org>
Date
Jun 15, 2010, 07:37 UTC
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<20100615073720.GB3260@schottelius.org>
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Nico -telmich- Schottelius [Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 09:25:14AM +0200]:
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> And another interesting behaviour of git with submodules:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> % git status
> #       modified:   modules/tftpd_hpa (modified content)

Ok, found out that I changed stuff within modules/tftpd_hpa, instead of merging from the source.

Imho the git status output is a bit misleading, as I assume that I can git add stuff that's modified.

Perhaps git add should print a warning / error if I try to add the changed submodule and not silently ignore it.

Regarding the other problem
> - Why does git checkout not remove modules/ethz_systems_private/,
>   when switching from the master to the private branch?
>   (the module is only registered in the private branch)
I'm still not sure what's the reason for that.
Nico
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