On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:14 PM Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This adds the --recursive option, an alias of --recurse-submodule, to > git-clone's manual page. > > Signed-off-by: Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > I found this out when a friend told me he could not remember how to > fetch submodules with git-clone, and when another one suggested > `--recurse-submodule'. I checked the man page, and I was surprised to > find out that `--recursive' is not mentionned at all. > > I did not modify the synopsis. So, this alias, although shorter than > the "real" option, would still be somewhat hidden in the man page. Considering that the `--recursive` option was intentionally removed from `git-clone.txt` by bb62e0a99f (clone: teach --recurse-submodules to optionally take a pathspec, 2017-03-17), it's not clear that this change helps the situation.
