Sangeeta <sangunb09@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hey, > > I worked on passing --ignore-submodules=none as the default behavior > of git status so that the user doesn't end up deleting a submodule > that has uncommitted (untracked) files. > > The following changes make git status pass the ignoreSubmodules none > argument as default. > > @@ -4587,7 +4587,7 @@ void repo_diff_setup(struct repository *r, > struct diff_options *options) > options->orderfile = diff_order_file_cfg; > > if (!options->flags.ignore_submodule_set) > - handle_ignore_submodules_arg(options, "untracked"); > + options->flags.ignore_untracked_in_submodules = 1; > > if (diff_no_prefix) { > options->a_prefix = options->b_prefix = ""; > > > @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ static void > wt_status_collect_changes_worktree(struct wt_status *s) > rev.diffopt.flags.override_submodule_config = 1; > handle_ignore_submodules_arg(&rev.diffopt, > s->ignore_submodule_arg); > } > + else if(!rev.diffopt.flags.ignore_submodule_set){ > + handle_ignore_submodules_arg(&rev.diffopt, "none"); > + } > > I have had to set the flag manually in diff.c because when we call > handle_ignore_submodules_arg() with "untracked" arg, > options->flags.ignore_submodule_set is set to 1 and therefore when we > check for it in wt-status.c it appears that user has already set some > config and therefore we shouldn't add "none" as ignoreSubmodules arg. > > Another way to do that is to have one more flag in diff_options that > can let us know whether options->flags.ignore_submodule_set was set by > the user or by diff passing untracked as the default argument. > > Can someone please help me with what might be the right way to proceed? Hmph, neither sounds "right"---having to circumvent the assignment to _set flag made in the handle_ helper by either manually setting the underlying flag, or by introducing another flag that stops from the _set flag getting updated, sounds like working around a flaw of the approach to use _set flag and set it in the handle_ helper in the first place...