Can I use fetch recurseSubmodules on git clone set in .gitconfig

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Is there a way to set in .gitconfig to git clone automatically add --recurse-submodules flag ? I trie to add in .gitconfig the following:

[fetch]
    recurseSubmodules = true

But it doesn't work.

$ git clone upstream nowyprojekt2
Cloning into 'nowyprojekt2'...
done.

I need to add the --recurse-submodule flag

$ git clone --recurse-submodule upstream nowyprojekt2
Cloning into 'nowyprojekt2'...
done.
Submodule 'euca2ools' (https://github.com/eucalyptus/euca2ools.git) registered for path 'euca2ools'
Cloning into 'euca2ools'...
remote: Counting objects: 19147, done.
remote: Total 19147 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 19147
Receiving objects: 100% (19147/19147), 22.23 MiB | 450.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (15556/15556), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Submodule path 'euca2ools': checked out '12c358cd27ff652cb144de124bb5472a74145277'

My GIT version:

$ git --version
git version 2.1.0

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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No, this is not available, even in the latest Git 2.5 released today.

That leaves you with an alias (or git alias) workaround, in order to replace a git clone --recursive by one command (similar to "Setting git default flags on commands").

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jul 28 '15 at 11:01

VonC

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That's a shame. Nvertheless thanks a lot for confirmation. Btw. it is --recursive not --recurse as an alternative for --recurse-submodules – mastier Jul 29 '15 at 09:46
@mas tes, I have fixed the typo. – VonC Jul 29 '15 at 09:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '23 at 17:51

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The currently highest-rated answer is not true anymore, you can indeed set a (global) config to always add --recursive-submodules. Just set it via

git config --global fetch.recurseSubmodules yes

(possible values are yes, no, on-demand, docs are here https://git-scm.com/docs/fetch-options#Documentation/fetch-options.txt---recurse-submodulesyeson-demandno)

answered May 24 '23 at 17:51

Hanno Kolvenbach

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doesnt work for me git version 2.34.1 https://git-scm.com/docs/fetch-options/2.33.0 Indeed fetching yes, but cloning no First you have to clone the repo, run submodule update --init then git fetch fetches also the submodules – mastier May 30 '23 at 13:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '19 at 18:35

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it is possible. git clone takes the --config flag, which initialises the repo with some given config params. you should be able to do git clone --config fetch.recurseSubmodules [my-repo].

answered Feb 23 '19 at 18:35

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Can I use fetch recurseSubmodules on git clone set in .gitconfig

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