Currently, it will only do a checkout if the sha1 registered in the containing repository doesn't match the HEAD of the submodule, regardless of whether the submodule is dirty. As discussed on the mailing list, the '--force' flag is a strong indicator that the state of the submodule is suspect, and should be reset to HEAD. Signed-off-by: Stefan Zager <szager@xxxxxxxxxx> --- git-submodule.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh index dba4d39..621eff7 100755 --- a/git-submodule.sh +++ b/git-submodule.sh @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ Maybe you want to use 'update --init'?")" die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to find current revision in submodule path '\$sm_path'")" fi - if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1" + if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1" -o -n "$force" then subforce=$force # If we don't already have a -f flag and the submodule has never been checked out -- 1.7.11.rc2 -- 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