From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A62F1F619 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:51:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728692AbgB0JvQ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:51:16 -0500 Received: from mx2.uni-regensburg.de ([194.94.157.147]:43838 "EHLO mx2.uni-regensburg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728645AbgB0JvQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:51:16 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 486 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:51:15 EST Received: from mx2.uni-regensburg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id BD5886000054 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:43:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de (gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de [132.199.5.51]) by mx2.uni-regensburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A731E6000053 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:43:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from uni-regensburg-smtp1-MTA by gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:43:07 +0100 Message-Id: <5E578F2A020000A1000373EF@gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 18.2.0 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:43:06 +0100 From: "Ulrich Windl" To: Subject: Q: submodules and detached HEAD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi! I'm rather new to submodules, and I have a question on something I don't understand (git-2.12.3 from SLES12): I had checked out tag v0.0.1 of my submodule. When checking the status, I see: iptables> git status HEAD detached at v0.0.1 nothing to commit, working tree clean iptables> git checkout v0.0.1 HEAD is now at b23fbdc... .version: 0.0.1 iptables> git checkout v0.0.2 Previous HEAD position was b23fbdc... .version: 0.0.1 HEAD is now at 5af0df5... v0.0.2: Fix issue with "xtables lock" /iptables> git status HEAD detached at v0.0.2 nothing to commit, working tree clean iptables> git branch * (HEAD detached at v0.0.2) master git reflog says: 5af0df5 HEAD@{0}: checkout: moving from b23fbdc0e18e570a4d9ec4cb8826afc82e2e0b64 to v0.0.2 b23fbdc HEAD@{1}: checkout: moving from ec7dd70b59e039b49bb478a3134b713a2b0a279c to v0.0.1 ec7dd70 HEAD@{2}: checkout: moving from master to v0.0 Config submodule.iptables.branch is not set. Who can explain? Regards, Ulrich