The necessary feature is present since 1.6.6, it would be good to have this patch in the next release (see numbers below). Shawn, This is a third re-send, in case you missed the previous rounds. Thanks. -- >8 -- Subject: [PATCH] git gui: Use git diff --submodule when available Doing so is much faster and gives the same output. Here are some numbers: time git submodule summary <snip> real 0m0.219s user 0m0.050s sys 0m0.111s time git diff --submodule <snip> real 0m0.012s user 0m0.003s sys 0m0.009s Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@xxxxxx> --- git-gui/lib/diff.tcl | 21 +++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl index bd5d189..0623e3e 100644 --- a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl +++ b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl @@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ proc start_show_diff {cont_info {add_opts {}}} { } } + if {[git-version >= "1.6.6"]} { + if {[string match {160000 *} [lindex $s 2]] + || [string match {160000 *} [lindex $s 3]]} { + set is_submodule_diff 1 + lappend cmd --submodule + } + } + lappend cmd -p lappend cmd --no-color if {$repo_config(gui.diffcontext) >= 1} { @@ -296,16 +304,6 @@ proc start_show_diff {cont_info {add_opts {}}} { lappend cmd $path } - if {[string match {160000 *} [lindex $s 2]] - || [string match {160000 *} [lindex $s 3]]} { - set is_submodule_diff 1 - if {$w eq $ui_index} { - set cmd [list submodule summary --cached -- $path] - } else { - set cmd [list submodule summary --files -- $path] - } - } - if {[catch {set fd [eval git_read --nice $cmd]} err]} { set diff_active 0 unlock_index @@ -387,8 +385,7 @@ proc read_diff {fd cont_info} { } } elseif {$is_submodule_diff} { if {$line == ""} continue - if {[regexp {^\* } $line]} { - set line [string replace $line 0 1 {Submodule }] + if {[regexp {^Submodule } $line]} { set tags d_@ } else { set op [string range $line 0 2] -- 1.6.6.1.558.gc20e6.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html