{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"git-index-diff-skips-gitlinks-submodules","canonical_anchor":"git-index-diff-skips-gitlinks-submodules","heading":"Git index diff skips gitlinks (submodules)","tier":"notice","area":"Git","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/git-index-diff-skips-gitlinks-submodules","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Git index diff skips gitlinks (submodules)\n\nA Git change check now skips submodule entries and entries already compared\n\n**Unclear.** The finding does not say which Claude Code feature uses this comparison.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code compares files against Git's index (Git's record of what is staged for the next commit), it now leaves out two kinds of entry:\n\n- submodules, which are other Git repositories nested inside yours\n\n- entries already marked as compared\n\n**Why**\n\nA nested repository is not an ordinary file, so it no longer shows up in this check as if it were one.\n\n- Area: Git\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}