Am 24.09.2012 21:16, schrieb Orgad Shaneh: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Orgad Shaneh <orgads@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> That is not correct. git-config is ignored as well for commit. >> >> What do you mean? As far as I can tell, if you have >> >> [submodule "var"] >> path = var >> ignore = dirty >> >> in $GIT_DIR/config, a work-tree-dirty submodule "var" is not >> reported by "git status" and "git commit" without your patch, and >> your patch does not seem to break that. The only difference your >> patch makes is that if you had the above three-line block in >> the .gitmodules file and not in $GIT_DIR/config, "git status" >> ignored the dirtyness in the working tree, but "git commit" did >> notice and report it. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> > > I have: > [submodule "mod"] > url = [...] > ignore = dirty > > in .git/config, and I removed the ignore part from .gitmodules to be even. > > I made a change inside mod, git status doesn't report its dirtiness, > while git commit does. > > git status: > # On branch master > # Changes to be committed: > # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) > # > # modified: foo > # > # Changes not staged for commit: > # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) > # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) > # > # modified: .gitmodules > # > > git commit: > # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting > # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit. > # On branch master > # Changes to be committed: > # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) > # > # modified: foo > # > # Changes not staged for commit: > # (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: .gitmodules > # modified: mod (modified content) > # > > Now I get it! That's because I don't have submodule.mod.path! > config_name_for_path only gets initialized if path exists. Apparently > git submodule init doesn't configure 'path', so it stays > uninitialized. But submodule.mod.path should only be set in .gitmodules, not in $GIT_DIR/config. Did you just remove the ignore setting from .gitmodules or the path too? -- 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