Re: [PATCH] status: do not get confused by submodules in excluded directories

> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:28:25AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 02:18:49PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > >> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > >> 
> > >> > We meticulously pass the `exclude` flag to the `treat_directory()`
> > >> > function so that we can indicate that files in it are excluded rather
> > >> > than untracked when recursing.
> > >> >
> > >> > But we did not yet treat submodules the same way.
> > >> 
> > >> ... "because of that, we ended up showing <<what incorrect result in
> > >> what situation>>" would be a nice thing to have here, so that it can
> > >> be copied to the release notes for the bugfix.  
> > >
> > > Yes I agree that would be nice here. It was not immediately obvious that
> > > this only applies when using both flags: -u and --ignored.
> > 
> > Does any of you care to fill in the <<blanks above>> then? ;-)
> 
> How about:
> 
> Because of that, we ended up showing the submodule as untracked and its
> content as ignored files when using the --ignored and -u flags with git
> status.
> 
> ? But maybe Dscho also has some more information to add about his
> situation?