Re: Suggestion to Enhance Submodule Initialization Behavior During git clone

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Hi Ryan

On 17/09/2024 19:14, Ryan Barker wrote:
Currently, when a user clones a Git repository with submodules, the submodules defined in the |.gitmodules| file are not automatically initialized in the local |.git/config| of the cloned repository.

One can pass '--recurse-submodules' when cloning which will recursively clone the submodules used by the repository and sets 'submodule.active'.

Best Wishes

Phillip

While I understand there may be edge cases where this behavior is desirable, it would significantly improve usability if there were an option to automatically initialize submodules during |git clone|. I believe this could be accomplished by adding a flag, or perhaps enabling auto-initialization by default, with an optional flag to disable it when necessary. To mitigate this issue in my project, I created defensive scripts to ensure that submodules are initialized before interacting with them, but this was a point of confusion for many users who were unfamiliar with submodules. In my opinion, auto-initializing submodules during the clone process would be a more intuitive default behavior for most users, especially those in educational environments, like students using GitHub Classroom. I have attached my source code for further context, and my repository can be found here: https://github.com/rcbarke/clemson-ece-2230-grading/ <https://github.com/rcbarke/clemson-ece-2230-grading/>, though it is private due to the grading scripts it contains. I would appreciate your thoughts on this suggestion and whether this behavior could be incorporated into future Git releases.
Thank you for your time!
Best,
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*Ryan Barker*
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*Graduate Assistant*
*IS-WiN Laboratory*
M.S. Computer Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Class of 2026
B.S. Computer Engineering, Communication Systems & Networks, Class of 2016

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