[syslinux] git clone --recursive

[Geert Stappers]

Hi,

We use a git submodule for gnu-efi.

What would be the downside of changing

  git clone git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git

into

  git clone --recursive git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git

on the Syslinux wik?


Cheers
Geert Stappers


$ git clone git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
Cloning into 'syslinux'...
remote: Counting objects: 50546, done.
remote: Total 50546 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (50546/50546), 22.10 MiB | 4.47 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (37690/37690), done.
$ cd syslinux
$ git config --list
user.name=Geert Stappers
user.email=stappers at examp.le
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
remote.origin.url=git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf syslinux/
$ git clone --recursive git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
Cloning into 'syslinux'...
remote: Counting objects: 50552, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 50552 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (50552/50552), 22.11 MiB | 4.42 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (37690/37690), done.
Submodule 'gnu-efi' (git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code) registered for path 'gnu-efi'
Cloning into 'gnu-efi'...
remote: Counting objects: 764, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (670/670), done.
remote: Total 764 (delta 420), reused 111 (delta 18)
Receiving objects: 100% (764/764), 279.30 KiB | 363 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (420/420), done.
Submodule path 'gnu-efi': checked out 'ab54e2b40e914d0ca01dc3d44c8d4eb8517bf999'
U hebt post in /var/mail/stappers
$ cd syslinux
$ git config --list
user.name=Geert Stappers
user.email=stappers at examp.le
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
remote.origin.url=git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
submodule.gnu-efi.url=git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code
$