Re: [PATCH] RFC: commit: add a commit.all-ignore-submodules config option
Hi
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 4:05 AM Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 4:45 AM Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Marc-André Lureau wrote:
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> >>> One of my most frequent mistake is to commit undesired submodules
> >>> changes when doing "commit -a", and I have seen a number of people doing
> >>> the same mistake in various projects. I wish there would be a config to
> >>> change this default behaviour.
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> >> Can you say more about the overall workflow this is part of? What
> >> causes the submodules to change state in the first place here?
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> > The most common case is, I guess, when you work on different branches
> > that have different (compatible) versions of the submodules.
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> Ah! This is because "git checkout" defaults to --no-recurse-submodules,
> which is a terrible default.
Thanks for the hint, I'll give it a try for a while and let you know.
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> Does "git config submodule.recurse true" help? If so, we can look
> into which it would take to flip that default.
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> Thanks,
> Jonathan
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