[PATCH 10/18] submodules: introduce check to see whether to touch a submodule

In later patches we introduce the --recurse-submodule flag for commands that modify the working directory, e.g. git-checkout. It is potentially expensive to check if a submodule needs an update, because a common theme to interact with submodules is to spawn a child process for each interaction. S

[PATCH 10/18] submodules: introduce check to see whether to touch a submodule

In later patches we introduce the --recurse-submodule flag for commands that modify the working directory, e.g. git-checkout. It is potentially expensive to check if a submodule needs an update, because a common theme to interact with submodules is to spawn a child process for each interaction. S