Teach update-index about --ignore-submodules

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 3249042028fbc6f2376c500711e661d521c147d1..67f7a28cb30ae5cb16e5b5f7d947e00621267ff5 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ cmd_update()
                        continue
                fi
 
-               if ! test -d "$path"/.git
+               if ! test -d "$path"/.git -o -f "$path"/.git
                then
                        module_clone "$path" "$url" || exit
                        subsha1=
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ set_name_rev () {
                cd "$1" && {
                        git describe "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
                        git describe --tags "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
-                       git describe --contains --tags --always "$2"
+                       git describe --contains "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
+                       git describe --all --always "$2"
                }
        ) )
        test -z "$revname" || revname=" ($revname)"
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ cmd_status()
        do
                name=$(module_name "$path") || exit
                url=$(git config submodule."$name".url)
-               if test -z "$url" || ! test -d "$path"/.git
+               if test -z "$url" || ! test -d "$path"/.git -o -f "$path"/.git
                then
                        say "-$sha1 $path"
                        continue;