Santiago Torres <santiago@xxxxxxx> writes: >> Submodules actually track commits, not tags or branches. >> >> This is confusing for some users, e.g. the user intended to track >> a library at version 1.1, but it tracks 1234abcd instead (which is what >> 1.1 points at). > > I'm assuming that git submodule update does update where the ref points > to, does it not? I think you may configure the command to do so, instead of the default "detach at the commit recorded in the superproject". But then your tree immediately will be marked by "git status" as "modified" at such a submodule, meaning "what you have in the working tree is different from what the commit in the superproject wants you to have", I would think. -- 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