if (get_sha1(parent, sha1))
commitable = !!active_nr;
- else
- commitable = index_differs_from(parent, 0);
+ else {
+ /*
+ * Unless the user did explicitly request a submodule
+ * ignore mode by passing a command line option we do
+ * not ignore any changed submodule SHA-1s when
+ * comparing index and parent, no matter what is
+ * configured. Otherwise we won't commit any
+ * submodules which were manually staged, which would
+ * be really confusing.
+ */
+ int diff_flags = DIFF_OPT_OVERRIDE_SUBMODULE_CONFIG;
+ if (ignore_submodule_arg &&
+ !strcmp(ignore_submodule_arg, "all"))
+ diff_flags |= DIFF_OPT_IGNORE_SUBMODULES;
+ commitable = index_differs_from(parent, diff_flags);
+ }
}
strbuf_release(&committer_ident);