Re: Re: Slow pushes on 'pu' - even when up-to-date..

> > I think the only sane default is going to be some kind of heuristic that
> > says "submodules are probably in use". Something like "is there a
> > .gitmodules file" is not perfect (you can have gitlink entries without
> > it), but it's a really cheap constant-time check.
> 
> I agree. We are adding convenience for submodules, so we can also say a
> checked out ".gitmodules" file is a must to have convenience.
> 
> I am not sure if I agree on another layer of options for this as
> suggested in your post. More options mean more implementation
> complexity and more confusion on the users side.
> 
> How about we choose our defaults based on the existence of a checked out
> .gitmodules file? So the default would only be --recurse-submodules=check
> if there is a .gitmodules file in the worktree. All other users need to
> either pass or explicitly configure it.