Rearranging the diffs... "Glen Choo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -2532,10 +2532,8 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data) > if (ret) > return ret; > > - if (update_data->just_cloned) > - oidcpy(&update_data->suboid, null_oid()); > - else if (resolve_gitlink_ref(update_data->sm_path, "HEAD", > - &update_data->suboid, NULL)) > + if (!update_data->just_cloned && > + resolve_gitlink_ref(update_data->sm_path, "HEAD", &suboid, NULL)) > return die_message(_("Unable to find current revision in submodule path '%s'"), > update_data->displaypath); > Here, we only set suboid if !update_data->just_cloned... > @@ -2570,7 +2568,8 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data) > free(remote_ref); > } > > - submodule_up_to_date = oideq(&update_data->oid, &update_data->suboid); > + submodule_up_to_date = !update_data->just_cloned && > + oideq(&update_data->oid, &suboid); > if (!submodule_up_to_date || update_data->force) { > ret = run_update_procedure(update_data); > if (ret) ...and here, we read suboid if !update_data->just_cloned. > @@ -2523,6 +2522,7 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data) > { > int submodule_up_to_date; > int ret; > + struct object_id suboid; And here we declare it with no initializer. This is safe for now since we only read it when !update_data->just_cloned, which is also the condition for setting it, but may be error-prone in the future. Probably best to initialize it to something. Other than that everything looks good up to and including this patch. This is definitely an improvement over using a null OID to signal something, so thanks.