From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:15:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] completion: Add PS1 configuration for submodules Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1291677763-55385-1-git-send-email-scott@appden.com> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 00:22, Scott Kyle wrote: > For those who often work on repositories with submodules, the dirty > indicator for unstaged changes will almost always show because development > is simultaneously happening on those submodules. The config option > diff.ignoreSubmodules is not appropriate for this use because it has larger > implications. Wouldn't it be a lot better to instead add support for showing submodule dirtyness as distinct from the main tree's dirtyness? Then you could easily spot if you had either your tree / submodule tree changes, without just ignoring them.