When there is a one way merge, each submodule needs to be one way merged as well, if we're asked to recurse into submodules. In case of a submodule, check if it is up-to-date, otherwise set the flag CE_UPDATE, which will trigger an update of it in the phase updating the tree later. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- unpack-trees.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c index bf8b602901..96c3327f19 100644 --- a/unpack-trees.c +++ b/unpack-trees.c @@ -2139,6 +2139,9 @@ int oneway_merge(const struct cache_entry * const *src, ie_match_stat(o->src_index, old, &st, CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID|CE_MATCH_IGNORE_SKIP_WORKTREE)) update |= CE_UPDATE; } + if (o->update && S_ISGITLINK(old->ce_mode) && + should_update_submodules() && !verify_uptodate(old, o)) + update |= CE_UPDATE; add_entry(o, old, update, 0); return 0; } -- 2.16.0.rc0.223.g4a4ac83678-goog