Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] Documentation: update add --force option + ignore=all config

From: Claus Schneider <claus.schneider@eficode.com>
Date: Mar 10, 2026, 21:04 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+GP4brEROn5jhmtjW7gwk87hi8T23voyG+LEx-ypwUE0Q5F=w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <faf8622b-b960-4f58-add7-28b5e081afb3@app.fastmail.com>

Hi ..

Thanks .. I will fix both.

Br Claus Schneider

On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, at 14:23, Claus Schneider(Eficode) via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: "Claus Schneider(Eficode)" <claus.schneider@eficode.com>
> >
> > - git-add.adoc: Update the --force documentation for submodule behaviour
> >   to be added even the given configuration ignore=all.
> > - gitmodules.adoc and config/submodule.adoc: The submodule config
> >   ignore=all now need --force in order to update the index.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Claus Schneider(Eficode) <claus.schneider@eficode.com>
> >[snip]
> >       all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will
> >           nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has
> > -         been staged).
> > +         been staged). Add `(new commits)` can be overruled using the
> > +         `git add --force <submodule.path>`.
> > +             The setting affects `status`, `update-index`, `diff` and `log`(due
>
> This is in `next` but: should be a space: “`log` (due”.
>
> > +             to underlaying `diff`).
>
> s/underlaying/underlying/ ?
>
> >
> >       dirty;; All changes to the submodule's work tree will be ignored, only
> >           committed differences between the `HEAD` of the submodule and its
> > --
> > gitgitgadget