Re: [BUG REPORT] git 2.9.0 clone --recursive fails on cloning a submodule

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 19, 2016, 14:46 UTC
Message-ID: <20160619144628.GA7402@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <OFC46A8782.5F47CDBA-ONC2257FD7.00475209-C2257FD7.00483117@notes.na.collabserv.com>

On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 04:07:41PM +0300, Vadim Eisenberg wrote:

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> The problem is with other tools that use git, like Swift Package Manager - 
> https://swift.org/package-manager/.
> Versions of git before 2.9.0 have no option --no-shallow-submodules. So 
> the tools that use git would have to check if the version of git is 
> greater than or equal 2.9.0 to know to specify that option.

Oh, I agree it's something we should treat as a regression. Using `--no-shallow-submodules` is just a workaround.

-Peff