Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> writes: > When a submodule diff should be displayed we currently just add the > submodule objects to the main object store and then e.g. walk the > revision graph and create a summary for that submodule. > > It is possible that we are missing the submodule either completely or > partially, which we currently differentiate with different error messages > depending on whether (1) the whole submodule object store is missing or > (2) just the needed for this particular diff. (1) is reported as > "not initialized", and (2) is reported as "commits not present". > > If a submodule is deinit'ed its repository data is still around inside > the superproject, such that the diff can still be produced. In that way > the error message (1) is misleading as we can have a diff despite the > submodule being not initialized. > > Downgrade the error message (1) to be the same as (2) and just say > the commits are not present, as that is the true reason why the diff > cannot be shown. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> > ---
Sounds good. Thanks for working on it.
