On 02/17/2012 03:39 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote: > I'm running git-1.7.1 and have no problems updating my local repository. Doesn't help you :(, but indicates the problem might be related elsewhere rather than version numbers. > > Darrell That's strange. The change suggesting --recursive was required was at 1.6.5 according to stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3796927/git-clone-submodule Either way, I have git 1.7.9.1-1. I'm sure there have been a number of new "features"/bugs introduced since 1.7.1 :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.