From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
To: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't understand the behaviour of git-diff --submodule
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:17:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <509043DA.6040606@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <508C6823.5060800@web.de>
Am 28.10.2012 01:02, schrieb Jens Lehmann:
> Am 26.10.2012 22:43, schrieb Francis Moreau:
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:
>> [...]
>>>
>>> That is weird, "git diff --submodule" should show that too. Is there
>>> anything unusual about your setup? (The only explanation I can come
>>> up with after checking the code is that your submodule has neither a
>>> .git directory nor a gitfile or the objects directory in there doesn't
>>> contain these commits)
>>
>> Oh now you're asking, I think the submodule has been added by using
>> the --reference option of git-submodule-add.
>>
>> $ cd configs
>> $ cat .git
>> gitdir: ../.git/modules/configs
>
> Thanks, I suspect the --reference option makes the difference here,
> I'll check that as soon as I find some time.
Since 1.7.11 and 1.7.10.3 git does handle submodules with alternates
(which is what --reference uses) correctly. What version are you
seeing this problem with?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-30 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-26 14:07 Can't understand the behaviour of git-diff --submodule Francis Moreau
2012-10-26 19:08 ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-26 19:54 ` Francis Moreau
2012-10-26 20:05 ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-26 20:43 ` Francis Moreau
2012-10-27 23:02 ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-28 8:26 ` Francis Moreau
2012-10-30 21:17 ` Jens Lehmann [this message]
2012-10-31 7:36 ` Francis Moreau
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