[Feature Request] super project pointer in submodule log

[twji]

Say a parent repo points to its submodule's commit abcdefg. In the submodule's log, I want to see commit abcdefg marked by a "virtual tag". In other words, I want to see the purple label in the following image:

So a port of the same feature from TortoiseGit https://gitlab.com/tortoisegit/tortoisegit/issues/2826

[DanPristupov]

Isn't the current submodule pointer highlighted with bold (because parent always points to HEAD)?

[twji]

Yes the currently checked out commit in the submodule would be highlighted. This feature request is about something else. Here's the scenario:

Starting with a parent repo and a submodule both without uncommited changes, and the submodule is at commit abcd1234. Then in submodule I make a new commit abcd5678.

The result is that

• In submodule's log, abcd5678 would be in bold.
• Parent repo's "Changes" page would show an unstaged change: that submodule was changed from abcd1234 to abcd5678.

In addition to the current (1.42.4.0) behaviour, I would like commit abcd1234 in submodule's log to be marked with a "virtual tag". Essentially this is making submodule's log show what parent repo's "Changes" page is showing.

The "virtual tag" could look like a normal tag that is named "superproject pointer". "superproject" being the term used in git documentation.