Use case:
Top level project with submodule.
The submodule also has a submodule in it.
I would like to be able to set an option with git config that applies
the --recursive or --recurse-submodules flag to all clone commands.
Looking at the .gitconfig file, I would have expected this to work:
[clone]
recursive = true
OR:
[clone]
recurse-submodules = true
When I checkout a branch, it is sometimes nice to have it go ahead and
checkout the submodules too. Other times it is nice to checkout a
specific branch without changing the submodules. So I don't want to
change the existing behavior with a flag that affects multiple
operations. Besides, the current way of applying a config for
submodules recursiveness excludes clone anyway... If clone is going
to be excluded, it would be nice for clone to have its own flag.
Clone is the place where I would 100% of the time want to go ahead and
clone submodules without executing another command.
Since I use an IDE and the CLI, having a config that makes it work the
same in both places would be really nice. The IDE is "smart" and
will clone the submodules automatically... it would be nice to make
the CLI configurable to the point where I get the same behavior either
way.
Thank you for considering my request.
-Tor
