[boost] [git] confusion setting moduler-boost to 'master'

Somehow my local modular-boost is confused. I have set the top-level to 'master' and each of the sub-modules to 'master'. Yet git still shows it wants to commit each of the submodules at the library level as all are marked dirty. So I try: git reset --hard master git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard master But still the end result is that git has marked each submodule as 'dirty' and needing to commit. Anybody have any ideas how I straighten out this mess ?