Re: [BUG] git status doesn't handle submodules properly on OSX

From: Pedro Melo <melo@simplicidade.org>
Date: Oct 16, 2008, 09:48 UTC
Message-ID: <524C98C8-C3A5-4501-932A-2F0ACDE2886A@simplicidade.org>
In-Reply-To: <6ca24750ca8d7bd9e995d023e78e0d71.squirrel@webmail.highteq.net>

On Oct 15, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Lars Hoss wrote:

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>> Works for me on Leopard
>>
>> Vienna:a pieter$ git submodule add ~/projects/GitX/ gitx
>> Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/pieter/a/gitx/.git/
>> Vienna:a pieter$ git st
>> # On branch master
>> # Changes to be committed:
>> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
>> #
>> #	new file:   .gitmodules
>> #	new file:   gitx
>> #
>> Vienna:a pieter$ git --version
>> git version 1.6.0.2.415.gf9137
>
> My git version "1.6.0.2" says:
>
> # On branch master
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #	new file:   .gitmodules
> #	new file:   lib
> #
> # Untracked files:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> #
> #	lib/
> git --version
> git version 1.6.0.2
>
> Git was build from macports.

hmms.. Really, I know about fink and Macports and all others, but I'm using Mac OS X since version 10.1 (when compiling OSS software was near impossible due to Apple decisions) and I've always had better results with compiling my own than using any of those OSS repositories.

I understand the appeal, it seems easier, but I would recommend that you compile yourself the software packages you depend on.

Regarding git, I saw a git-build.sh script floating around. If you cannot find it, you might want to try my own recipe (http://tinyurl.com/4ayze6 ). I compile git master every day (cron) and thats the one I use on my main machine.

Best regards,

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