Re: gitk with submodules does not show new commits on other branches

Am 22.06.2014 16:09, schrieb Stephen Kelly:

Hello,

boost.git, is using submodules. 

If I run gitk after a pull, there are some messages along the lines of 


    Update preprocessor from develop.

  Submodule libs/preprocessor 9d2d1ff..1422fce:
    Merge branch 'master' into develop


That is, it shows only the merge. 

If I then run 

 git log --oneline 9d2d1ff..1422fce 

I can see the commits which were made on master and then merged into 
develop. Please show the same information (ie all commits newly reachable 
from develop) in the submodule gitk output.

This should not happen by default. If you have a feature branch based
workflow, the merge is just what you want to see. And "git submodule
summary" is giving you the exact same information.

But I agree that this is suboptimal for your workflow. What about adding
a "Visualize These Changes In The Submodule" menu entry for the context
menu of a change in gitk just like the one git gui already has? Then the
user could examine the merges in more detail if he wants.