static int option_no_checkout, option_bare, option_mirror, option_single_branch = -1;
static int option_local = -1, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive;
+static int option_shallow_submodules = -1;
static char *option_template, *option_depth;
static char *option_origin = NULL;
static char *option_branch = NULL;
N_("create a shallow clone of that depth")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "single-branch", &option_single_branch,
N_("clone only one branch, HEAD or --branch")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "shallow-submodules", &option_shallow_submodules,
+ N_("any cloned submodules will be shallow")),
OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, N_("gitdir"),
N_("separate git dir from working tree")),
OPT_STRING_LIST('c', "config", &option_config, N_("key=value"),
struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
argv_array_pushl(&args, "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive", NULL);
+ if (option_shallow_submodules == 1
+ || (option_shallow_submodules == -1 && option_depth))
+ argv_array_push(&args, "--depth=1");
+
if (max_jobs != -1)
argv_array_pushf(&args, "--jobs=%d", max_jobs);