From: Jens Lehmann Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:17:14 GMT Subject: Re: Can't understand the behaviour of git-diff --submodule Message-ID: <509043DA.6040606@web.de> In-Reply-To: <508C6823.5060800@web.de> Am 28.10.2012 01:02, schrieb Jens Lehmann: > Am 26.10.2012 22:43, schrieb Francis Moreau: >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Jens Lehmann wrote: >> [...] >>> >>> That is weird, "git diff --submodule" should show that too. Is there >>> anything unusual about your setup? (The only explanation I can come >>> up with after checking the code is that your submodule has neither a >>> .git directory nor a gitfile or the objects directory in there doesn't >>> contain these commits) >> >> Oh now you're asking, I think the submodule has been added by using >> the --reference option of git-submodule-add. >> >> $ cd configs >> $ cat .git >> gitdir: ../.git/modules/configs > > Thanks, I suspect the --reference option makes the difference here, > I'll check that as soon as I find some time. Since 1.7.11 and 1.7.10.3 git does handle submodules with alternates (which is what --reference uses) correctly. What version are you seeing this problem with?