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Cloning of submodule with --depth should follow the branch option

Subject: Cloning of submodule with --depth should follow the branch option

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Mikhail Zabaluev· Nov 2, 2015, 07:55 UTC · lore
Hi,

I have an issue with git 2.4.3 when trying to limit the amount of data fetched when cloning submodules. The --depth option is useful, but when .gitmodules specifies a non-default branch, the submodule repository clone invocation (which is a single-branch clone due to --depth) fetches master regardless, and then checkout fails due to a nonexistent tree reference. I think it would be sensible in this case to pass --branch to the submodule clone command.

Here's a repository to exercise: https://github.com/gi-rust/gir
Best regards,
  Mikhail

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