From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:57:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] better git-submodule status output
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0807061456100.3486@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vhcb3o7q3.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Sylvain Joyeux <sylvain.joyeux@dfki.de> writes:
> 
> > This patch makes the output of git-submodule more useful to handle the
> > management of a repository using multiple submodules. Namely, it
> > displays informations about how the current checked out version relates
> > to the registered one (i.e. direct parent, direct child, "just
> > different", registered revision does not exist), and displays if the
> > submodules contain uncommitted changes.
> >
> > This (among other things) allows to do git-submodule update while
> > knowing exactly what will happen.
> > --
> > Sylvain
> >
> >>>From 16553a9b210a956b0af961d55a9cf06f1b9b8114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Sylvain Joyeux <sylvain.joyeux@dfki.de>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:01:01 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] more information in git-submodule status output
> >
> > This commit adds more information in the 'status' output of
> > git-submodule. More specifically, it displays different flags if the
> > submodule and the registered revision are direct parents (> and <,
> > depending on which is the ancestor), if they are not direct parents (+)
> > or if the registered revision cannot be found (i.e. if submodule update
> > would fail, '!')
> >
> > Finally, it shows if the submodule contains uncommitted changes (M flag)
> 
> Which one is the commit message ;-)?

I think it is clear that Sylvain has not read 
Documentation/SubmittingPatches yet.

> People who rely on working submodule support, do you have any feedback 
> on this patch?

Not yet.  Will test/comment when the spurious "fetch" is fixed.

Ciao,
Dscho