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| -rw-r--r-- | submodule.c | 11 |
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diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c index 85287a1d16..b509488182 100644 --- a/submodule.c +++ b/submodule.c @@ -553,6 +553,17 @@ static int submodule_has_commits(const char *path, struct sha1_array *commits) static int submodule_needs_pushing(const char *path, struct sha1_array *commits) { if (!submodule_has_commits(path, commits)) + /* + * NOTE: We do consider it safe to return "no" here. The + * correct answer would be "We do not know" instead of + * "No push needed", but it is quite hard to change + * the submodule pointer without having the submodule + * around. If a user did however change the submodules + * without having the submodule around, this indicates + * an expert who knows what they are doing or a + * maintainer integrating work from other people. In + * both cases it should be safe to skip this check. + */ return 0; if (for_each_remote_ref_submodule(path, has_remote, NULL) > 0) { |