# Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2023, \#07; Mon, 31)

- From: Emily Shaffer \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-08-01 17:38:34 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2023/08/7973087
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2023/07/7973037/t.md

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On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 10:57 AM Junio C Hamano [ref] wrote:
> * es/recurse-submodules-option-is-a-bool (2023-04-10) 1 commit
>  . usage: clarify --recurse-submodules as a boolean
>
>  The "--[no-]recurse-submodules" option of "git checkout" and others
>  supported an undocumented syntax --recurse-submodules=<value> where
>  the value can spell a Boolean in various ways.  The support for the
>  syntax is being dropped.
>
>  Have been expecting a reroll for too long.
>  cf. [ref]
>  source: [ref]

Yeah, sorry about the annoying wait. It's not something I have time to
reroll soon - but it's on the short list for "up next" bugs for my
team to get a reroll. We still intend to reroll and push through, but
I don't have an ETA. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether to keep
it in seen or drop it with that information.

 - Emily
```