Why does Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2 keep appearing

I have tried to install it many different ways, external monitor disconnected, in safe mode, etc. Seems to install, but then App Store says it still needs to be done.
MacBook Pro, 13 inch Early 2011, OS X 10.8.4

I had a similar problem: The "Thunderbolt display firmware update 1.2" kept reappearing in AppStore, even though the uppdate seemed successful.
According to Apple[1] the update was successful when the the Firmware Version is 26.2 and the Port Micro Firmware Version is 2.0.7 (visible in About this Mac -> SystemReport).
Above versions were correct in my case, but the update still kept appering in AppStore... (probably I did download and install the update manually after the first failure, but I don't remember ...)
To get rid of the annoying update in AppStore I used the softwareupdate command[2] on the commandline:
softwareupdate --ignore TBdisplayFWUpdate1.2
[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204450
[2]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ man8/softwareupdate.8.html

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