Am 20.04.2012 17:12, schrieb Samuel Maftoul: > Hello, > > I'm using git clone --reference, it works like a charm ! > > Now, I have submodules, so I call git clone with both --recursive and > --reference, works only for the repo itself, submodules are being > cloned without the "--reference" option. > > With GIT_TRACE=1 I can see this for the initial repo: > > trace: built-in: git 'clone' '--recursive' '--reference' [...] > > And this for the submodules: > > trace: built-in: git 'clone' '-n' [...] > > for every submodules. > > Is this an intended behavior ? Hmm, to me it looks like passing the --reference option to the clone run in the submodules doesn't make much sense, as that would make all submodules and the superproject use the same alternates. And as far as I know sharing objects between different repositories is not supported. > How can I force the clones for submodules to be executed with the > --reference option ? You'd have to use "git clone" without the --recursive option and then do a "git submodule update --init --reference ...". -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html