The git-submodule(1) is inconsistent. In the synopsis, it says: git submodule [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] The description of the sync does not mention --recursive, and the description of --recursive says that it is only available for foreach, update and status. The option appears to work, so the documentation should be updated. Tested with version 2.6.3. /ceder -- 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