Subject: Re: Re: Git issues with submodules

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:09:53 -0800

Heiko Voigt wrote:

> After that we can discuss whether add should add submodules that are
> tracked but not shown. How about commit -a ? Should it also ignore the
> change? I am undecided here. There does not seem to be any good
> decision. From the users point of view we should probably not add it
> since its not visible in status. What do others think?

I agree --- it should not add.

That leaves the question of how to add explicitly.  "git add -f"?
"git add --ignore-submodules=none"?

Thanks,
Jonathan