Please try this. The thing is that "add -u" internally runs "diff-files" equivalent, but the code to check the submodule freshness doesn't reset the GIT_INDEX_FILE exported from the caller and tries to use that even when checking the submodule repository. diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c index ca0527f..8bd0a30 100644 --- a/submodule.c +++ b/submodule.c @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int is_submodule_modified(const char *path) "--porcelain", NULL, }; - char *env[3]; + char *env[4]; struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/.git/", path); @@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ int is_submodule_modified(const char *path) env[0] = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL); strbuf_addf(&buf, "GIT_DIR=%s/.git", path); env[1] = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL); - env[2] = NULL; + strbuf_addf(&buf, "GIT_INDEX_FILE="); + env[2] = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL); + env[3] = NULL; memset(&cp, 0, sizeof(cp)); cp.argv = argv; @@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ int is_submodule_modified(const char *path) free(env[0]); free(env[1]); + free(env[2]); strbuf_release(&buf); return len != 0; } -- 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