Show unstaged modifications to submodules

[jonathanhanna]

When a file in a submodule is modified, running git status in the parent repository will show that the submodule has been modified.

GitHub Desktop also shows changes have been made:

It would be helpful if Oxygen's Git plugin also showed modifications under Unstaged files.

[AlexJitianu]

Hello,

I see... When the submodule has unstaged/staged resources we should present that marker file. We currently present it when new commits appear in the submodule.

[kirkilj]

@AlexJitianu, are you talking about new commits in the local repo or remote repo of a submodule?

We currently present it when new commits appear in the submodule.

[AlexJitianu]

When a new commit appears in the local repo. We were thinking to decorate the pull button when there are changes in the submodule's remote repo, but we didn't do it yet.

[kirkilj]

I believe I requested or up voted that feature awhile ago. Our dev group received a Feature request thus week about getting notified when a submodule is ahead on the server. Besides the decoration, could there be a preference to also check submodules and perform a submodule update on the dialog you currently offer to pull changes when the remote is ahead?

[AlexJitianu]

What does "getting notified when a submodule is ahead on the server" mean? Is this from the administrator's or from the tech writer's perspective? What I mean by that:

• the admin perspective: there are new commits or new tags in the submodule repo. You want to be notified because you might need to bind the submodule to a newer tag.
• the tech writer's perspective: an admin has bound the submodule to a newer tag and you want to be notified about that. Right now we have a "Update all submodules after pulling changes from the remote repository" option who will do that, but we miss the notification part. A decorator on the pull button, perhaps.

[kirkilj]

Hi Alex, we don't have separate roles like that for the most part. Our writers document complex software that manages telecom networks, and most have engineering degrees. If a submodule is associated with a git tag on a specific commit in the target repo, they'd want to know if there were any new tags with commits with a later date compared to the current one.

This was some of the motivation for me mocking up a proposed Branch Manager view and sending it to you guys, which incorporated git tags and submodules as well so all these aspects could appear in the same view.