git pull --verbose with submodules ends in error message

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Bug Description ===============

when doing a git pull on a repository with submodules, the --verbose option causes an error message like: 
usage: git submodule [--quiet] [--cached]
   or: git submodule [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
... and so on.
Exit code is 1

This happens, when recursing the submodules. Either add to .gitconfig:
[submodule]
	recurse = true
or use --recurse-submodules for the git pull command.

Version 2.37.3-64-bit is OK. Version 2.38.1-64-bit is shows the error. Reproducible on Windows and Linux

How to Reproduce ================ # steps to reproduce: # run the following commands in a debian:sid container, # e.g. "docker container run -it debian:sid".

# Any other environment with git 2.38.1 should be fine, too. # Git for windows 2.38.1 also shows the same behaviour.

# install git 2.38.1 (at the time of writing) and clone a public repo with submodules $ apt update && apt install git $ git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/tortoisegit/tortoisegit.git $ cd tortoisegit

# this one succeeds $ git pull --recurse-submodules

# this one fails after fetching the submodules, showing # the "git submodule" help text as if we had made a "git submodule" # call with insufficient/wrong arguments. $ git pull --recurse-submodules --verbose

Workaround
==========
1) Do not use --verbose when pulling a repository with submodules.
   Unfortunately this workaround does not apply to our workflow, 
   since we happily use TortoiseGit as our graphical Git client on windows. 
   TortoiseGit automatically uses the option -v (--verbose).
   $ git.exe pull --progress -v --no-rebase "origin"
2) Use Version 2.37.3-64-bit. 

Questions ========= Any questions regarding this bug description? Happy to help.

Kind regards, Mike.

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Mike Fink Softwareentwickler E44

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