Use 'ignore = dirty' in .gitmodules entries

[peterhost]

This is an excellent tool I use on a day to day basis on many different computers.

I have only one (tiny wheenie) request :

When using submodules for Vim plugins, we often encounter the situation when the submodule tree becomes dirty adding modified/untraked files to the git status output in the main repo (when building helptags or for ex., or Commant-T Plugin which needs a ruby extension to be rebuilt).

I'm not a rubyist myself but it seems it's "a matter of" (big quotes) adding an ignore = dirty entry in .gitmodules for each submodule as mentionned here

this should be around line 153-164 of the vim-update-bundle main script

def clone_bundle config, dir, url, tagstr, log
  if in_submodule_root(dir) { |mod|
    puts "adding submodule #{dir} from #{url}#{tagstr}"
    git :submodule, :add, url, mod
  }
  else
    puts "cloning #{dir} from #{url}#{tagstr}"
    git :clone, url, dir
  end
  Dir.chdir(dir) { print_log_entry log, 'Add', dir, describe_head, "#{url}#{tagstr}" }
  $bundles_added += 1
end

[bronson]

Interesting idea. Happy to make the change but I worry people might be unpleasantly surprised if they make changes that are quietly ignored.

It's easy to do if you think it helps people more than it might hurt.

[peterhost]

You are right, I guess. Although it's not good practice to modify files directly in a cloned submodule, not showing untracked/unstaged changes might confuse new git users. Let's keep it simple then, as the tool does an excellent job as is.

I personally modify my .gitmodules et .git/config to get rid of the annoying messages. Maybe include it as a command line switch ?