# An option to ignore submodules in stash push? 2 messages from 2018-02-06 to 2018-02-06. Participants: Robert Dailey, Stefan Beller. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47771 ## Robert Dailey, 2018-02-06 15:56 Subject: An option to ignore submodules in stash push? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499A26paeZ%3DWgpdEkU233XbMrfVhgPGB3FHwaFObRKVqQDg%40mail.gmail.com ``` I haven't seen such an option, but I think it would be nice to be able to ignore submodules when creating a stash. When I stash changes in a directory, almost always I intend to only stash real files, not modified submodules. When I pop the stash later, it gets disrupted due to submodule conflicts. To avoid getting the conflicts in the first place, it would be nice to somehow specify: $ git stash push --no-submodules -- MyDirectory/ Would this make sense? ``` ## Stefan Beller, 2018-02-06 22:24 Subject: Re: An option to ignore submodules in stash push? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGZ79kZaYiOpp9pu2dY%2BW-Y2zq-d4HBp%3DhAbE3UrLKhn8-cXSA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:56 AM, Robert Dailey wrote: > I haven't seen such an option, but I think it would be nice to be able > to ignore submodules when creating a stash. When I stash changes in a > directory, almost always I intend to only stash real files, not > modified submodules. When I pop the stash later, it gets disrupted due > to submodule conflicts. To avoid getting the conflicts in the first > place, it would be nice to somehow specify: > > $ git stash push --no-submodules -- MyDirectory/ > > Would this make sense? What kind of submodule conflicts arise? I remember a recent bugfix with apparent submodules, which were not touched. https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BHDrw_dAESic3xK7kC3jMgKeNQuPQF69OpbVYhRkbhJsw@mail.gmail.com https://github.com/git/git/commit/c641ca67072946f95f87e7b21f13f3d4e73701e3 which is included in 2.16.1 But this is me taking a wild guess, can you say more about your use case and what the actual problem is (and what the expected behavior is, favorably as a script) ? Thanks, Stefan ```