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Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> However, for git commands such as diff/status whose job is to display
> information it would be nice if they had a --recursive option to
> override the default submodule diff/status and show details of the
> changes in the submodules.  Sometimes you want to see the big picture
> in detail.

I won't disagree. My comment was only on this part from the original:

>> - We have to make separate commits and manage corresponding topic
>> branches for the superproject and subprojects.

and on this point, we seem to be in agreement.