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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] git-clone.txt: add the --recursive option
To:     Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:14 PM Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@gmail.com> wrote:
> This adds the --recursive option, an alias of --recurse-submodule, to
> git-clone's manual page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@gmail.com>
> ---
> I found this out when a friend told me he could not remember how to
> fetch submodules with git-clone, and when another one suggested
> `--recurse-submodule'.  I checked the man page, and I was surprised to
> find out that `--recursive' is not mentionned at all.
>
> I did not modify the synopsis.  So, this alias, although shorter than
> the "real" option, would still be somewhat hidden in the man page.

Considering that the `--recursive` option was intentionally removed
from `git-clone.txt` by bb62e0a99f (clone: teach --recurse-submodules
to optionally take a pathspec, 2017-03-17), it's not clear that this
change helps the situation.