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
