Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] clone: update submodule.recurse in config when using --recurse-submodule

From: "Mahi Kolla via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:23:07 +0000

From: Mahi Kolla <[email-masked]>

When running 'git clone --recurse-submodules', developers expect various other commands such as 'pull' and 'checkout' to also run recursively into submodules.The submitted code updates the 'submodule.recurse' config value to true when 'git clone' is run with the '--recurse-submodules' option.

Signed-off-by: Mahi Kolla <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/clone.c          | 1 +
 t/t5606-clone-options.sh | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 66fe66679c8..f41fd1afb66 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					   strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL));
 		}
 
+                string_list_append(&option_config, "submodule.recurse=true");
 		if (option_required_reference.nr &&
 		    option_optional_reference.nr)
 			die(_("clone --recursive is not compatible with "
diff --git a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
index 3a595c0f82c..3daef8c941f 100755
--- a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone --recurse-submodules sets submodule.recurse=true' '
+
+        git clone --recurse-submodules parent clone-rec-submodule &&
+        test_config_global submodule.recurse true 
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone -o' '
 
 	git clone -o foo parent clone-o &&
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