From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:37:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] better git-submodule status output Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi, On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > 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. Ooops. The part I should have quoted was this: > Thus, I'd say the best fix would be to find a way to have "git pull" or > "git fetch" in the supermodule also do a fetch in the submodule. Now you will understand my objection, hopefully, Dscho