Merge branch 'ba/clone-remote-submodules'

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index e3231864ca67577db5f123b23071046a0f6cb68b..bb864d2101c2158fe049ce7c4cb2665fabbc0328 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static int max_jobs = -1;
 static struct string_list option_recurse_submodules = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 static struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options;
 static struct string_list server_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+static int option_remote_submodules;
 
 static int recurse_submodules_cb(const struct option *opt,
                                 const char *arg, int unset)
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
        OPT_SET_INT('6', "ipv6", &family, N_("use IPv6 addresses only"),
                        TRANSPORT_FAMILY_IPV6),
        OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(&filter_options),
+       OPT_BOOL(0, "remote-submodules", &option_remote_submodules,
+                   N_("any cloned submodules will use their remote-tracking branch")),
        OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -790,6 +793,11 @@ static int checkout(int submodule_progress)
                if (option_verbosity < 0)
                        argv_array_push(&args, "--quiet");
 
+               if (option_remote_submodules) {
+                       argv_array_push(&args, "--remote");
+                       argv_array_push(&args, "--no-fetch");
+               }
+
                err = run_command_v_opt(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
                argv_array_clear(&args);
        }