Merge branch 'jl/clone-recurse-sm-synonym'

* jl/clone-recurse-sm-synonym:
  clone: Add the --recurse-submodules option as alias for --recursive

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 23203829cf35e9b65ef6b4a44786bce7300e3e5a..42e7021215563f146a66d14e1b642d4dbe55bfaf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
          [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
          [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-         [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
+         [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
+         [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        as patches.
 
 --recursive::
+--recurse-submodules::
        After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
        using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
        `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 19ed64041d0575ee1ad49071dfe1e671114b8ae3..61e0989b5ab8fffb16ec28e64c38b4fa236cb3ed 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
                    "setup as shared repository"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "recursive", &option_recursive,
                    "initialize submodules in the clone"),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "recurse_submodules", &option_recursive,
+                   "initialize submodules in the clone"),
        OPT_STRING(0, "template", &option_template, "path",
                   "path the template repository"),
        OPT_STRING(0, "reference", &option_reference, "repo",