Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > While 'git checkout <submodule>' should not update the submodule's > working directory, it should update the index. This is in line with > how submodules are handled in the rest of Git. > > While at it, test 'git reset [<commit>] <submodule>', too. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > > I have no idea who thought that it would be a good idea to leave > the submodules alone, but I think it is highly counterintuitive > that > > git checkout <submodule> > > does not touch the index. I do not see anything that treats submodule specially in the scripted version and this check for S_ISGITLINK() has been there since the very beginning of C rewrite 782c2d6 (Build in checkout, 2008-02-07), so it is a regression fix that can go to maint (all the way down to 1.5.5 if you want). Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
