Submodules: Use "ignore" settings from .gitmodules too for diff and status

The .gitmodules file is parsed for "submodule.<name>.ignore" entries
before looking for them in .git/config. Thus settings found in .git/config
will override those from .gitmodules, thereby allowing the local developer
to ignore settings given by the remote side while also letting upstream
set defaults for those users who don't have special needs.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: jlehmann

Documentation/config.txt

@@ -1752,6 +1752,9 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
 	let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
 	Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
 	submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
+	This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
+	both settings can be overriden on the command line by using the
+	"--ignore-submodule" option.
 
 tar.umask::
 	This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of

Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 	Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
 	untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
 	in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
-	'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1]. When
+	'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
 	"untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
 	contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
 	content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,

Documentation/git-status.txt

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ specified.
 	Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
 	untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
 	in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
-	'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1]. When
+	'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
 	"untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
 	contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
 	content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,

Documentation/gitmodules.txt

@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
 	This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
 	the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.
 
+submodule.<name>.ignore::
+	Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
+	a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
+	modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work tree and
+	takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
+	recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
+	let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
+	Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
+	submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
+	If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of
+	the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
+	.gitmodules.
+	Both settings can be overriden on the command line by using the
+	"--ignore-submodule" option.
+
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------

builtin/commit.c

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "rerere.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
 	"git commit [options] [--] <filepattern>...",
@@ -1073,6 +1074,7 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN;
 
 	wt_status_prepare(&s);
+	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_status_config, &s);
 	in_merge = file_exists(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,

builtin/diff-files.c

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_files_usage[] =
 "git diff-files [-q] [-0/-1/2/3 |-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ int cmd_diff_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unsigned options = 0;
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
+	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
 

builtin/diff-index.c

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_cache_usage[] =
 "git diff-index [-m] [--cached] "
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int result;
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
+	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
 

builtin/diff-tree.c

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static struct rev_info log_tree_opt;
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ int cmd_diff_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int read_stdin = 0;
 
 	init_revisions(opt, prefix);
+	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	opt->abbrev = 0;
 	opt->diff = 1;

builtin/diff.c

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 struct blobinfo {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 */
 
 	prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
 
 	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)

submodule.c

@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ void set_diffopt_flags_from_submodule_config(struct diff_options *diffopt,
 	}
 }
 
+static int submodule_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "submodule."))
+		return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void gitmodules_config(void)
+{
+	const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+	if (work_tree) {
+		struct strbuf gitmodules_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addstr(&gitmodules_path, work_tree);
+		strbuf_addstr(&gitmodules_path, "/.gitmodules");
+		git_config_from_file(submodule_config, gitmodules_path.buf, NULL);
+		strbuf_release(&gitmodules_path);
+	}
+}
+
 int parse_submodule_config_option(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
 	int len;