Aaron Schrab <aaron@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It's perhaps worth noting that submodules are already considered dirty > when untracked files are added: > > $ git diff vim/bundle/fugitive > > $ echo foo >vim/bundle/fugitive/foo > > $ git diff vim/bundle/fugitive > diff --git i/vim/bundle/fugitive w/vim/bundle/fugitive > --- i/vim/bundle/fugitive > +++ w/vim/bundle/fugitive > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -Subproject commit caf3b1d5696e8d39a905e48f1e89d8c0c565168c > +Subproject commit caf3b1d5696e8d39a905e48f1e89d8c0c565168c-dirty In other words, if we do this in the state: $ git -C vim/bundle/fugitive describe --dirty the submodule directory is not reported as dirty. This is worth fixing. I am leaning towards saying that `diff` is wrong in this case, but I am OK to consider unifying the behaviour the other way and making `describe --dirty` more strict. Thanks.
