On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:28:25AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 02:18:49PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > >> > >> > We meticulously pass the `exclude` flag to the `treat_directory()` > >> > function so that we can indicate that files in it are excluded rather > >> > than untracked when recursing. > >> > > >> > But we did not yet treat submodules the same way. > >> > >> ... "because of that, we ended up showing <<what incorrect result in > >> what situation>>" would be a nice thing to have here, so that it can > >> be copied to the release notes for the bugfix. > > > > Yes I agree that would be nice here. It was not immediately obvious that > > this only applies when using both flags: -u and --ignored. > > Does any of you care to fill in the <<blanks above>> then? ;-) How about: Because of that, we ended up showing the submodule as untracked and its content as ignored files when using the --ignored and -u flags with git status. ? But maybe Dscho also has some more information to add about his situation? Cheers Heiko
