From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:34:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] better git-submodule status output
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807071533240.18205@racer>
In-Reply-To: <32541b130807070725p6fa4d0dfne9f04bc857920dc7@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Avery Pennarun wrote:

> The trick here, I think, is that there's only one time the submodule 
> should be linked to a commit you don't actually have.  It should only 
> happen if your parent module (supermodule) has been updated, but you 
> haven't recently done a fetch in the submodule.

Noooooo!

If I am actively working on the submodule, the supermodule has _no 
business_ trying to wreck my state.

Hth,
Dscho