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submodule.ignore is not respected on commit

Subject: submodule.ignore is not respected on commit

## tl;dr

One message between May 8, 2012 and May 8, 2012.

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Orgad and Raizel Shaneh· May 8, 2012, 14:09 UTC · lore

Hello,

Setting submodule.<sub>.ignore = dirty makes git ignore dirty working directory in the submodule when 'git status' is used.

However, when committing, the submodule status does appear in the commented lines.

- Orgad

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