--- /dev/null
+#!/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