git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: git diff --submodule=diff fails with submodules in a submodule

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Mar 31, 2017, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID
<CAGZ79kapamr4=C_JQ4Ud2bF6NoXn8qeQR1fYScWB4+-EzEckmQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<CAPd5SoV1F7MMDSRGzrd-7soty=61vnumQ02UtBJs2fwEyv+V3Q@mail.gmail.com>
+cc Jacob, who implemented --submodule=diff
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 8:40 AM, David Parrish <daveparrish@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I try to run `git diff --submodule=diff` in a submodule which has
> it's own submodules that have changes I get the error: fatal: bad
> object
Thanks for the bug report!
> Let me know if you need an example reproduce the issue.

I could reproduce it when playing around locally with a submodule in submodules. I think sub-submodule needs to have its HEAD moved from the recorded commit.

Thanks, Stefan

Previous: David ParrishNext: Jacob Keller
Message 2 of 5 in “git diff --submodule=diff fails with submodules in a submodule”
  1. David ParrishMar 31, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerMar 31, 2017
  3. Jacob KellerMar 31, 2017
  4. failure with diff --submodule=diff with moved nested submodule HEADStefan Beller, Mar 31, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2017

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.