Original bash helper for "submodule status" was doing a check for initialized but not cloned submodules and prefixed the status with a minus sign in case no .git file or folder was found inside the submodule directory. This check was missed when the original port of the functionality from bash to C was done. Signed-off-by: Peter Kaestle <peter.kaestle@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/submodule--helper.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index c72931e..4031cf4 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -782,6 +782,8 @@ static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid, struct argv_array diff_files_args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT; struct rev_info rev; int diff_files_result; + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; + const char *git_dir; if (!submodule_from_path(the_repository, &null_oid, path)) die(_("no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path '%s'"), @@ -794,10 +796,18 @@ static void status_submodule(const char *path, const struct object_id *ce_oid, goto cleanup; } - if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, path)) { + strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/.git", path); + git_dir = read_gitfile(buf.buf); + if (!git_dir) + git_dir = buf.buf; + + if (!is_submodule_active(the_repository, path) || + !is_git_directory(git_dir)) { print_status(flags, '-', path, ce_oid, displaypath); + strbuf_release(&buf); goto cleanup; } + strbuf_release(&buf); argv_array_pushl(&diff_files_args, "diff-files", "--ignore-submodules=dirty", "--quiet", "--", -- 2.6.2