"Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@xxxxxxxxx> > > 'git branch --recurse-submodules start from-here' fails if any submodule > present in 'from-here' is not yet cloned (under > submodule.propagateBranches=true). We then give this advice: > > "You may try updating the submodules using 'git checkout from-here && git submodule update --init'" > > If 'submodule.recurse' is set, 'git checkout from-here' will also fail since > it will try to recursively checkout the submodules. Ah, yes that is true. > diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c > index d182756827f..e5614b53b36 100644 > --- a/branch.c > +++ b/branch.c > @@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void create_branches_recursively(struct repository *r, const char *name, > _("submodule '%s': unable to find submodule"), > submodule_entry_list.entries[i].submodule->name); > if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_SUBMODULES_NOT_UPDATED)) > - advise(_("You may try updating the submodules using 'git checkout %s && git submodule update --init'"), > + advise(_("You may try updating the submodules using 'git checkout --no-recurse-submodules %s && git submodule update --init'"), > start_commitish); > exit(code); > } > Makes sense. Thanks! Reviewed-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@xxxxxxxxxx>