Git --recursive does not clone submodule

Question

I found out that to load submodules with the main repository we can use the option --recursivewhen cloning the main repository.

I did the same git clone --recursive [e-mail]:passion/academy.git

I found that it creates an empty submodule directory, but does not load its code.

Do I need to do extra things, for example git submodule update --init --recursive? If so, what is the use of the flag --recursivewhen cloning the main repository?

Answer 1

If you use a fairly recent git and it still does not clone submodules, this means that these empty folders are not submodules, but nested git repo .

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health-check git, , No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path for health-check.. git .gitmodules?

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