[issue1813] `status` doesn't include subrepository status

[David Wolever]

New submission from David Wolever <wolever at cs.toronto.edu>:

If changes are committed to a subrepository, then a commit in it's "super 
repository" (parent repository?) will update the status of .hgsubstate. For 
example, given the directory structure from 
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/subrepos :

    $ hg st # There are no outstanding changes in the parent repo
    $ cd nested # We're going to make a change in the nested repo
    $ echo "changed" >> foo
    $ hg ci -m "Committing changes to 'foo' in nested repo."
    $ cd .. # go back to the parent repo
    $ hg st # status still shows no changes
    $ hg ci # But a commit *will* show changes:
    HG: Enter commit message.  Lines beginning with 'HG:' are removed.
    HG: Leave message empty to abort commit.
    HG: --
    HG: user: David Wolever <david at wolever.net>
    HG: branch 'default'
    HG: subrepo nested
    HG: changed .hgsubstate
    ~
    ~

If this was an intentional omission (ie, because "status" is defined as "showing 
the status of *files* within the repository", and subrepos aren't "files"), then it 
would be nice to have an alternate command which would show "everything that will 
be committed on the next 'hg commit'".

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messages: 10423
nosy: wolever
priority: bug
status: unread
title: `status` doesn't include subrepository status

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