Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The point I was trying to make is best demonstrated in > t5526-fetch-submodules.sh: > >> ok 7 - using fetchRecurseSubmodules=true in .gitmodules recurses into submodules >> ok 8 - --no-recurse-submodules overrides .gitmodules config >> ok 9 - using fetchRecurseSubmodules=false in .git/config overrides setting in .gitmodules > > They were not suggestions, but defaults dictated by the project. Yeah, and that is why I kept thinking that recurse-submodules may be a huge mistake.