Re: Suggestion: git clone should warn if repository has submodules

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On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 16:04, Jason Sewall <jasonsewall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Submodules are great, and I used them at work. The problem is, people
> wind up cloning my repos without --recursive and then nothing works
> for them, because  the submodules weren't populated and those
> ultimately are needed to build my code.

What you need is a simple document for your team that outlines the common
Git workflow or README.md in root directory of your repositories with
fat heading:

## Clone

```
git clone --recursive ...
```


A team in another company may require non-recursive clones by default
and warnings from git may be quite annoying. Given the fact there is not
one but may valid "my way"-s available, acceptable and supported by Git,
I think, babysitting behaviour is not quite aligned with its philosophy, is it?

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net



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