While at it, document that checkout uses this flag too in the Documentation.
Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <redacted>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 3 ++-
t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0510ac7..cda6721 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -829,7 +829,8 @@ diff.renames::
diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
- commands such as 'git diff-files'.
+ commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
diff --git a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
index fda3f0a..3beb0b3 100755
--- a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@ test_expect_success '"checkout <submodule>" updates the index only' '
git diff-files --quiet
'
+test_expect_success '"checkout <submodule>" honors diff.ignoreSubmodules' '
+ git config diff.ignoreSubmodules dirty &&
+ echo x> submodule/untracked &&
+ git checkout HEAD >actual 2>&1 &&
+ ! test -s actual
+'
+
test_done
--
1.7.2.2.515.g13860