From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:15:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [regression?] "git status -a" reports modified for empty submodule directory
Message-ID: <480DD6D8.9040900@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <46dff0320804220401h26d2f2ebg1748a4a310acc0f5@mail.gmail.com>

Ping Yin schrieb:
> # create a super project super
> $ mkdir super && cd super && git init
> $ touch foo && git add foo && git commit -m "add foo"
> 
> # create a sub project sub
> $ mkdir sub && cd sub && git init
> $ touch bar && git add bar && git commit -m "add bar"
> 
> # add sub project to super project
> $ cd ..
> $ git add sub && git commit -m 'add sub'
> 
> # remote contents of subproject
> $ rm -rf sub/* sub/.git
> 
> # git status -a regression
> $ git status
> # On branch master
> nothing to commit (working directory clean)

This should have reported:

# On branch master
# Changed but not updated:
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#
#       deleted:    sub
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Right?

> $ git status -a
> # On branch master
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #       deleted:    sub
> #

There's nothing wrong with this.

-- Hannes