# Don't show gitlink directories when we want "other" files 1 messages from 2007-04-12 to 2007-04-12. Participants: Linus Torvalds. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7631 ## Linus Torvalds, 2007-04-12 21:32 Subject: Don't show gitlink directories when we want "other" files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0704121430580.4061%40woody.linux-foundation.org ``` When "show_other_directories" is set, that implies that we are looking for untracked files, which obviously means that we should ignore directories that are marked as gitlinks in the index. This fixes "git status" in a superproject, that would otherwise always report that subprojects were "Untracked files:" Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- dir.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c index 7b91501..6564a92 100644 --- a/dir.c +++ b/dir.c @@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ static enum directory_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, return recurse_into_directory; case index_gitdir: + if (dir->show_other_directories) + return ignore_directory; return show_directory; case index_nonexistent: ```