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Re: [PATCHv1] completion: add option '--recurse-submodules' to 'git clone'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2016, 17:32 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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>> I noticed --recurse-submodules was missing from the bash completion. This adds
>> it. I went for '--recurse-submodules' instead of '--recursive' as I seem to
>> recall the former being agreed upon as the better (or least ambiguous) of the
>> two terms.
>
> Yup, that position is consistent with what 3446a54c (clone: fixup
> recurse_submodules option, 2011-02-11) gave us.

Silly me. The blame actually goes down to ccdd3da6 (clone: Add the --recurse-submodules option as alias for --recursive, 2010-11-04), but the conclusion is the same.

> Perhaps we should think about deprecating "--recursive"?  I dunno.
Anyway, I'll apply the "addition to the completion" patch.
Thanks.
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  1. Chris PackhamJul 27, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2016
  4. Stefan BellerJul 27, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2016
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