1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 04beb26a6a..750c066a5e 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2029,9 +2029,14 @@ static int populate_from_stdin(struct diff_filespec *s)
 static int diff_populate_gitlink(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 {
 	int len;
-	char *data = xmalloc(100);
+	char *data = xmalloc(100), *dirty = "";
+
+	/* Are we looking at the work tree? */
+	if (!s->sha1_valid && is_submodule_modified(s->path))
+		dirty = "-dirty";
+
 	len = snprintf(data, 100,
-		"Subproject commit %s\n", sha1_to_hex(s->sha1));
+		       "Subproject commit %s%s\n", sha1_to_hex(s->sha1), dirty);
 	s->data = data;
 	s->size = len;
 	s->should_free = 1;