Re: [ISSUE] `git submodule update --init --recursive` does ignore `fetchRecurseSubmodules` flag in `.gitmodules` and in `.git/config`
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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
- Date
- Jun 10, 2024, 22:02 UTC
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- <Zmd36kkRM543zlQs@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
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- <153002248.20240610041910@inbox.ru>
On 2024-06-10 at 01:19:10, Andry wrote:
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> Hello Git, > > First discovered here: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues/11783 > Another discussion: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58403616/does-git-submodule-update-recursive-override-fetchrecursesubmodules > Manual: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmodules#Documentation/gitmodules.txt-submoduleltnamegtfetchRecurseSubmodules > --- > > If use a recursive submodule, for example: > > A->B->A->... > > And call submodules Update on A, then the Update does ignore the flag and keeps fetch recursively with the error at the end: > > > fatal: Failed to recurse into submodule path ... > > Is that supposed to work this way or is an bug?
Yes, it's working as designed. From the documentation, `fetchRecurseSubmodules` only applies to `git fetch` and `git pull`, not `git submodule`. Even if it did, you still specified recursive behaviour in a command-line option, and command-line operations override the configuration.
If you don't want recursion, you'll need to skip the `--recursive` flag.
-- brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him) Toronto, Ontario, CA