> - ${reference:+--reference "$reference"} \ > + ${reference:+"$reference"} \ Note how this changed the API of the submodule--helper. Currently we pass in --reference $reference and $reference consists of the string "--reference" and the actual reference. So it looked like '--reference' '--reference=foo' That is why we can pass the argument unseen to clone in the helper via argv_array_push(&child->args, suc->reference); This is fixed now. -- 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