+test_expect_success "recurseSubmodules=true propagates into submodules" '
+ add_upstream_commit &&
+ (
+ cd downstream &&
+ git config fetch.recurseSubmodules true
+ git fetch >../actual.out 2>../actual.err
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp expect.out actual.out &&
+ test_cmp expect.err actual.err
+'
+
+test_expect_success "--recurse-submodules overrides config in submodule" '
+ add_upstream_commit &&
+ (
+ cd downstream &&
+ (
+ cd submodule &&
+ git config fetch.recurseSubmodules false
+ ) &&
+ git fetch --recurse-submodules >../actual.out 2>../actual.err
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp expect.out actual.out &&
+ test_cmp expect.err actual.err
+'
+
+test_expect_success "--no-recurse-submodules overrides config setting" '
+ add_upstream_commit &&
+ (
+ cd downstream &&
+ git config fetch.recurseSubmodules true
+ git fetch --no-recurse-submodules >../actual.out 2>../actual.err
+ ) &&
+ ! test -s actual.out &&
+ ! test -s actual.err
+'
+