> Initially reported for GFW on version 2.20.1, I have tested with Linux Mint Mate 19.1 Tessa which by default uses git version 2.17.1 > > It produces a config file with the relevant submodule entries looking like this: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [submodule] > active = . > > [submodule "Submodule/Path"] > url = https://github.com/organization/submodule.git > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Instead of that, which is produced by manually initializing a submodule anytime after cloning: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [submodule "Submodule/Path"] > active = true > url = https://github.com/organization/submodule.git > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. I've got someone to test this with the latest 2.23.0 version on archlinux. It is still happening: git clone --depth=1 --recurse-submodules --origin upstream https://github.com/git-for-windows/git; git -C git config --get submodule.active expected true, got . Anything more I need to add to help this get solved? Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.