Re: 'git submodule update' w/ .gitmodules 'update=merge' behaves differently on git 1.7.6 vs 1.7.2.5

On 20 August 2011 00:19, nUxi Codes [off-list ref] wrote:

Was this fixed intentionally?

Apparently, it was-
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/169364 .

If so, why hasn't Debian backported the fix [to stable]?  It breaks...

This question remains.