git-add: Skip submodules with ignore=all unless --force and explicit path used

Documentation/config/submodule.adoc

@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@ submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
 
 submodule.<name>.ignore::
 	Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
-	a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
-	modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
-	commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
-	to the submodule's work tree and
+	a submodule as modified.
+	When set to "all" will never consider the submodule modified. It can
+	nevertheless be staged using the option --force and it will then show up
+	in the output of status.
+	When set to "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodule's work tree and
 	takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
 	recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
 	let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
-	Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
-	submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
+	When set to "none"(default) It also show submodules as changed if they have
+	untracked files in their work tree.
 	This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
 	both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
 	"--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not

Documentation/git-add.adoc

@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
 
 `-f`::
 `--force`::
-	Allow adding otherwise ignored files.
+	Allow adding otherwise ignored files. The option is also used when
+	`submodule.<name>.ignore=all` is set, but you want to stage an
+	update of the submodule. The `path` to the submodule must be explicitly
+	specified.
 
 `--sparse`::
 	Allow updating index entries outside of the sparse-checkout cone.

Documentation/gitmodules.adoc

@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
 --
 	all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will
 	    nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has
-	    been staged).
+	    been staged). Add `(new commits)` can be overruled using the
+	    `git add --force <submodule.path>`.
+		The setting affects `status`, `update-index`, `diff` and `log`(due
+		to underlaying `diff`).
 
 	dirty;; All changes to the submodule's work tree will be ignored, only
 	    committed differences between the `HEAD` of the submodule and its

builtin/add.c

@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc,
 	else
 		exit_status |= add_files_to_cache(repo, prefix,
 						  &pathspec, ps_matched,
-						  include_sparse, flags);
+						  include_sparse, flags, ignored_too);
 
 	if (take_worktree_changes && !add_renormalize && !ignore_add_errors &&
 	    report_path_error(ps_matched, &pathspec))

builtin/checkout.c

@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			 */
 
 			add_files_to_cache(the_repository, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
-					   0);
+					0, 0);
 			init_ui_merge_options(&o, the_repository);
 			o.verbosity = 0;
 			work = write_in_core_index_as_tree(the_repository);

builtin/commit.c

@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static const char *prepare_index(const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		repo_hold_locked_index(the_repository, &index_lock,
 				       LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
 		add_files_to_cache(the_repository, also ? prefix : NULL,
-				   &pathspec, ps_matched, 0, 0);
+				   &pathspec, ps_matched, 0, 0, 0 );
 		if (!all && report_path_error(ps_matched, &pathspec))
 			exit(128);
 

read-cache-ll.h

@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int cmp_cache_name_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_);
 
 int add_files_to_cache(struct repository *repo, const char *prefix,
 		       const struct pathspec *pathspec, char *ps_matched,
-		       int include_sparse, int flags);
+		       int include_sparse, int flags, int ignored_too );
 
 void overlay_tree_on_index(struct index_state *istate,
 			   const char *tree_name, const char *prefix);

read-cache.c

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #include "csum-file.h"
 #include "promisor-remote.h"
 #include "hook.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
+#include "submodule-config.h"
+#include "advice.h"
 
 /* Mask for the name length in ce_flags in the on-disk index */
 
@@ -3881,9 +3884,12 @@ void overlay_tree_on_index(struct index_state *istate,
 
 struct update_callback_data {
 	struct index_state *index;
+	struct repository *repo;
+	struct pathspec *pathspec;
 	int include_sparse;
 	int flags;
 	int add_errors;
+	int ignored_too;
 };
 
 static int fix_unmerged_status(struct diff_filepair *p,
@@ -3907,8 +3913,68 @@ static int fix_unmerged_status(struct diff_filepair *p,
 		return DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED;
 }
 
+static int skip_submodule(const char *path,
+						struct repository *repo,
+						struct pathspec *pathspec,
+						int ignored_too)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    const struct submodule *sub;
+    int pathspec_matches = 0;
+    int ps_i;
+    char *norm_pathspec = NULL;
+
+    /* Only consider if path is a directory */
+    if (lstat(path, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+		return 0;
+
+    /* Check if it's a submodule with ignore=all */
+    sub = submodule_from_path(repo, null_oid(the_hash_algo), path);
+    if (!sub || !sub->name || !sub->ignore || strcmp(sub->ignore, "all"))
+		return 0;
+
+    trace_printf("ignore=all: %s\n", path);
+    trace_printf("pathspec %s\n", (pathspec && pathspec->nr)
+									? "has pathspec"
+									: "no pathspec");
+
+    /* Check if submodule path is explicitly mentioned in pathspec */
+    if (pathspec) {
+		for (ps_i = 0; ps_i < pathspec->nr; ps_i++) {
+			const char *m = pathspec->items[ps_i].match;
+			if (!m)
+				continue;
+			norm_pathspec = xstrdup(m);
+			strip_dir_trailing_slashes(norm_pathspec);
+			if (!strcmp(path, norm_pathspec)) {
+				pathspec_matches = 1;
+				FREE_AND_NULL(norm_pathspec);
+				break;
+			}
+			FREE_AND_NULL(norm_pathspec);
+		}
+    }
+
+    /* If explicitly matched and forced, allow adding */
+    if (pathspec_matches) {
+		if (ignored_too && ignored_too > 0) {
+			trace_printf("Add submodule due to --force: %s\n", path);
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_ADD_IGNORED_FILE,
+				_("Skipping submodule due to ignore=all: %s\n"
+					"Use --force if you really want to add the submodule."), path);
+			return 1;
+		}
+    }
+
+    /* No explicit pathspec match -> skip silently */
+    trace_printf("Pathspec to submodule does not match explicitly: %s\n", path);
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
-			    struct diff_options *opt UNUSED, void *cbdata)
+							struct diff_options *opt UNUSED, void *cbdata)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct update_callback_data *data = cbdata;
@@ -3918,14 +3984,19 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 		const char *path = p->one->path;
 
 		if (!data->include_sparse &&
-		    !path_in_sparse_checkout(path, data->index))
+			!path_in_sparse_checkout(path, data->index))
 			continue;
 
 		switch (fix_unmerged_status(p, data)) {
 		default:
 			die(_("unexpected diff status %c"), p->status);
 		case DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_TYPE_CHANGED:
+			if (skip_submodule(path, data->repo,
+								data->pathspec,
+								data->ignored_too))
+				continue;
+
 			if (add_file_to_index(data->index, path, data->flags)) {
 				if (!(data->flags & ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_ERRORS))
 					die(_("updating files failed"));
@@ -3946,7 +4017,7 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 
 int add_files_to_cache(struct repository *repo, const char *prefix,
 		       const struct pathspec *pathspec, char *ps_matched,
-		       int include_sparse, int flags)
+		       int include_sparse, int flags, int ignored_too )
 {
 	struct odb_transaction *transaction;
 	struct update_callback_data data;
@@ -3956,6 +4027,9 @@ int add_files_to_cache(struct repository *repo, const char *prefix,
 	data.index = repo->index;
 	data.include_sparse = include_sparse;
 	data.flags = flags;
+	data.repo = repo;
+	data.ignored_too = ignored_too;
+	data.pathspec = (struct pathspec *)pathspec;
 
 	repo_init_revisions(repo, &rev, prefix);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, NULL);

t/lib-submodule-update.sh

@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ create_lib_submodule_repo () {
 			git commit -m "modified file2 and added file3" &&
 			git push origin modifications
 		) &&
-		git add sub1 &&
+		git add --force sub1 &&
 		git commit -m "Modify sub1" &&
 
 		git checkout -b add_nested_sub modify_sub1 &&
 		git -C sub1 checkout -b "add_nested_sub" &&
 		git -C sub1 submodule add --branch no_submodule ../submodule_update_sub2 sub2 &&
 		git -C sub1 commit -a -m "add a nested submodule" &&
-		git add sub1 &&
+		git add --force sub1 &&
 		git commit -a -m "update submodule, that updates a nested submodule" &&
 		git checkout -b modify_sub1_recursively &&
 		git -C sub1 checkout -b modify_sub1_recursively &&
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ create_lib_submodule_repo () {
 		git -C sub1/sub2 commit -m "make a change in nested sub" &&
 		git -C sub1 add sub2 &&
 		git -C sub1 commit -m "update nested sub" &&
-		git add sub1 &&
+		git add --force sub1 &&
 		git commit -m "update sub1, that updates nested sub" &&
 		git -C sub1 push origin modify_sub1_recursively &&
 		git -C sub1/sub2 push origin modify_sub1_recursively &&

t/meson.build

@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ integration_tests = [
   't2203-add-intent.sh',
   't2204-add-ignored.sh',
   't2205-add-worktree-config.sh',
+  't2206-add-submodule-ignored.sh',
   't2300-cd-to-toplevel.sh',
   't2400-worktree-add.sh',
   't2401-worktree-prune.sh',

t/t2206-add-submodule-ignored.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+test_description='git add respects submodule ignore=all and explicit pathspec'
+
+# This test covers the behavior of "git add", "git status" and "git log" when
+# dealing with submodules that have the ignore=all setting in
+# .gitmodules. It ensures that changes in such submodules are
+# ignored by default, but can be staged with "git add --force".
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
+base_path=$(pwd -P)
+
+#1
+test_expect_success 'setup: create origin repos'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	git config --global protocol.file.allow always &&
+	git init sub &&
+		pwd &&
+		cd sub &&
+		test_commit sub_file1 &&
+		git tag v1.0 &&
+		test_commit sub_file2 &&
+		git tag v2.0 &&
+		test_commit sub_file3 &&
+		git tag v3.0 &&
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	git init main &&
+		cd main &&
+		test_commit first &&
+	cd "${base_path}"
+'
+#2
+# add submodule with default config (ignore=none) and
+# check log that is contains a path entry for the submodule 'sub'
+# change the commit in the submodule and check that 'git status' shows it as modified
+test_expect_success 'main: add submodule with default config'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	git submodule add ../sub &&
+	git commit -m "add submodule" &&
+	git log --oneline --name-only | grep "^sub$" &&
+	git -C sub reset --hard v2.0 &&
+	git status --porcelain | grep "^ M sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+#3
+# change the submodule config to ignore=all and check that status and log do not show changes
+test_expect_success 'main: submodule config ignore=all'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	git config -f .gitmodules submodule.sub.ignore all &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add . &&
+	git commit -m "update submodule config sub.ignore all" &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^.*$" &&
+	! git log --oneline --name-only | grep "^sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+#4
+# change the commit in the submodule and check that 'git status' does not show it as modified
+# but 'git status --ignore-submodules=none' does show it as modified
+test_expect_success 'sub: change to different sha1 and check status in main'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	git -C sub reset --hard v1.0 &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^ M sub$" &&
+	git status --ignore-submodules=none --porcelain | grep "^ M sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+
+#5
+# check that normal 'git add' does not stage the change in the submodule
+test_expect_success 'main: check normal add and status'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add . &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^ M sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+
+#6
+# check that 'git add --force .' does not stage the change in the submodule
+# and that 'git status' does not show it as modified
+test_expect_success 'main: check --force add . and status'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add --force . &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^M  sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+
+#7
+# check that 'git add .' does not stage the change in the submodule
+# and that 'git status' does not show it as modified
+test_expect_success 'main: check _add sub_ and status'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add sub 2>&1 | grep "Skipping submodule due to ignore=all: sub" &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^M  sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+
+#8
+# check that 'git add --force sub' does stage the change in the submodule
+# check that 'git add --force ./sub/' does stage the change in the submodule
+# and that 'git status --porcelain' does show it as modified
+# commit it..
+# check that 'git log --ignore-submodules=none' shows the submodule change
+# in the log
+test_expect_success 'main: check force add sub and ./sub/ and status'  '
+	cd "${base_path}" &&
+	cd main &&
+	echo "Adding with --force should work: git add --force sub" &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add --force sub &&
+	git status --porcelain | grep "^M  sub$" &&
+	git restore --staged sub &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^M  sub$" &&
+	echo "Adding with --force should work: git add --force ./sub/" &&
+	GIT_TRACE=1 git add --force ./sub/ &&
+	git status --porcelain | grep "^M  sub$" &&
+	git commit -m "update submodule pointer" &&
+	! git status --porcelain | grep "^ M sub$" &&
+	git log --ignore-submodules=none --name-only --oneline | grep "^sub$" &&
+	echo
+'
+
+test_done
+exit 0

t/t7508-status.sh

@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git commit will commit a staged but ignored submodule' '
 
 test_expect_success 'git commit --dry-run will show a staged but ignored submodule' '
 	git reset HEAD^ &&
-	git add sm &&
+	git add --force sm &&
 	cat >expect << EOF &&
 On branch main
 Your branch and '\''upstream'\'' have diverged,