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

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DPDavid Parrish <daveparrish@gmail.com>
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Mar 31, 2017, 15:40 UTC
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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

Let me know if you need an example reproduce the issue.
David
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