clone: Add the --recurse-submodules option as alias for --recursive Since 1.6.5 "git clone" honors the --recursive option to recursively check out submodules too. As this option can easily be misinterpreted when it is added to other commands like "git grep", add the new --recurse-submodules option as an alias for --recursive so the same option can be used for all commands recursing into submodules. Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index ab72933..d69984b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ as patches. --recursive:: +--recurse-submodules:: After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, using their default settings. This is equivalent to running `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 19ed640..61e0989 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ "setup as shared repository"), OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "recursive", &option_recursive, "initialize submodules in the clone"), + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "recurse_submodules", &option_recursive, + "initialize submodules in the clone"), OPT_STRING(0, "template", &option_template, "path", "path the template repository"), OPT_STRING(0, "reference", &option_reference, "repo",