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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 0466B1F885 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728492AbgAJTg5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:36:57 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:56134 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727709AbgAJTg5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:36:57 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425744292F; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:36:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=nGfPZSbJ5QDulnmuR3/BKL/gxGM=; b=lS7Uin aItoSqDCHBwKV51u8RbO5mXgFt+EYNhGtQULo/3aqZ/5efwYsLXi52+7HZb+Vn/h 6tl+StJ4DG0j/E2jvQfExu71LbwcrR+4s9CmreUrISA0FVbp5r5DVa8D7MgRJer4 cDokTDNGyBHR1Idna4GuVYVlJmN/m7Qc4exwU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=RB9d+2PaHTpJ0fFW6hm7FWOlzOt/H1sP QcmZ2ci1wRLkNbIFNK9hK+51OC802dWECxLUt09q+U3upeA2M5LkE1pdNQKYDavu EqUBO89h5LlmD6Tj1rIa9NlKQtTFgCippX6njjVw2jG826i0FpABXo1FWc78ZGrI o262oegGd90= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38E034292E; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:36:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.76.80.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2D44D4292D; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:36:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Carlo Wood Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: git submodule update strange output behavior. References: <20200109192040.46aaa01e@hikaru> <20200110101251.3b9f9332@hikaru> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:36:54 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20200110101251.3b9f9332@hikaru> (Carlo Wood's message of "Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:12:51 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 8EEFA720-33E0-11EA-8544-C28CBED8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Carlo Wood writes: > It seems to me that the other part of the problem is printing > this output for submodules when nothing (needed to be) is fetched. Hmm, I am not sure if that is a reasonable expectation. Would it be possible to tell if there is something that needs to be fetched without attempting to contact the other side?