Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix "git submodule status" output when "git describe" is not possible

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:01:52 -0800

Alberto Bertogli <[email-masked]> writes:

> When a submodule cannot be described, doing a "git submodule status" on
> the supermodule produces unnecesary and scary output,...

I had an impression that describe got a new feature for a case
like this recently.