I've observed that when merging a branch, and there's a submodule conflict, sometimes Git will prompt a suggested resolution like so: ``` Failed to merge submodule Core (not fast-forward) Found a possible merge resolution for the submodule: If this is correct simply add it to the index for example by using: git update-index --cacheinfo 160000 18c7a8e26fa78075d0f840526d0b830103c6072f "Core" which will accept this suggestion. ``` When I run `git mergetool`, I get this prompt: ``` Submodule merge conflict for 'Core': {local}: submodule commit 6075077b3f2f213d312edd8286ed203b5e1232e2 {remote}: submodule commit 565999a437e64cc83554da83a1d124f54daf9257 Use (l)ocal or (r)emote, or (a)bort? ``` I think it would be great if there was a 4th option added here, that really just served as a vanity command for the aforementioned `git update-index` command. For example: ``` Submodule merge conflict for 'Core': {local}: submodule commit 6075077b3f2f213d312edd8286ed203b5e1232e2 {remote}: submodule commit 565999a437e64cc83554da83a1d124f54daf9257 {suggested}: submodule commit 18c7a8e26fa78075d0f840526d0b830103c6072f Use (l)ocal or (r)emote, (s)uggested, or (a)bort? ``` Typing `s` would execute this command, basically: ``` git update-index --cacheinfo 160000 18c7a8e26fa78075d0f840526d0b830103c6072f "Core" ``` My reason for recommending this is that there's no real convenient way to accept the suggested resolution for the submodule. The only real feasible way to use the suggestiong is to copy & paste the whole line in the terminal, which is clunky. I'd love to hear from the community to see what you all think about this idea. Thanks for reading.