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[bug] submodule --update insufficiently verbose

From
Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2012, 02:33 UTC
Message-ID
<m239bqnctf.fsf@pluto.luannocracy.com>

When a "git submodule --update" fails, e.g., due to a dirty working directory in one of the submodules, nothing is printed out indicating the submodule or directory in which the failure occurred. This seems like a usability bug to me.

Thanks,
-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
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  1. Dave AbrahamsJan 8, 2012
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