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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt3
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cf5562192..01b7e0ae6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -829,7 +829,8 @@ diff.renames::
diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
- commands such as 'git diff-files'.
+ commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
diff --git a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
index fda3f0af7..3beb0b3ed 100755
--- a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@ test_expect_success '"checkout <submodule>" updates the index only' '
git diff-files --quiet
'
+test_expect_success '"checkout <submodule>" honors diff.ignoreSubmodules' '
+ git config diff.ignoreSubmodules dirty &&
+ echo x> submodule/untracked &&
+ git checkout HEAD >actual 2>&1 &&
+ ! test -s actual
+'
+
test_done