Stefan Naewe wrote: >> circumstances it is exactly right; however, I'd like to be able to turn >> off dirty >> detection in submodules. Is this already possible, and I've just missed >> the configuration option? > > Maybe: > > git config status.submodulesummary false Hey! Thanks for the reply. Exactly the right option... except it doesn't work :-( $ git --version git version 1.7.1 $ git config status.submodulesummary false $ git status -uno # On branch master # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules) # # modified: ffmpeg (modified content) # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx -- 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