A simple and concrete reproduction git init top cd top date >file1 git init sub cd sub date >subfile1 git add . git commit -m subinitial cd .. ;# back to top git submodule add ./sub sub git add file1 git commit -m initial cd .. ;# out of top git clone --recurse-submodules top copy cd copy git config submodule.recurse true git config fetch.parallel 0 GIT_TRACE2=$(pwd)/trace git fetch --all --prune --prune-tags This throws the three lines to the output. Fetching origin Fetching submodule sub Fetching submodule sub The two "Fetching submodule" messages are coming from two separate calls to get_fetch_task_from_index(), and the trace does show that the code is doing "git-upload-pack" three times (one for the top level, twice for the same top/sub). We can see it by grepping for "git-upload-pack" in the resulting 'trace' file above. Glen, as submodule.c::fetch_submodules() was created in your heavy refactoring quite recently, I thought I'd redirect this report in your direction, as I expect you'd be the most clueful in this area ;-) Thanks. Benedek Kozma <cyberbeni@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! > Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. > > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) > Run the following command with 1 remote: > `git fetch --all --prune --prune-tags` > I have the following in my config that could affect this: > ``` > [submodule] > recurse = true > [fetch] > parallel = 0 > ``` > > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) > Submodules are only fetched once. > > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > Submodules are fetched twice. > > What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? > The process takes longer > > Anything else you want to add: > > Please review the rest of the bug report below. > You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. > > > [System Info] > git version: > git version 2.36.0 > cpu: arm64 > no commit associated with this build > sizeof-long: 8 > sizeof-size_t: 8 > shell-path: /bin/sh > feature: fsmonitor--daemon > uname: Darwin 21.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.4.0: Fri Mar 18 00:46:32 > PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.101.4~15/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 > compiler info: clang: 13.1.6 (clang-1316.0.21.2) > libc info: no libc information available > $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh > > > [Enabled Hooks] > pre-commit