I should add: > git --version git version 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117) On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 1:28 AM Julius Smith <jos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have a repo with two branches A and B, say, and a submodule pointing > to a repo also with two branches, say C and D. Branch A of the parent > uses branch C of the submodule, while B uses D. My clone is in a > state (that I've seen often) where branch A's submodule directory > _appears_ to be using a commit for D when really it's a commit for C. > "git branch" in the the submodule directory says "(detached from > <commit-for-D>)" but this seems to be wrong. I did "git diff > <commit>" in the submodule directory to show that it was the C-commit > and not the D-commit as it appeared. Could "git branch" in the > submodule directory be referring to the commit at the time it was > first detached and not updating after a "git submodule update --init" > in the parent? > > Thanks, > - Julius > > -- > Julius O. Smith III <jos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
