# Git recursive support

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 20, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997 "2013-06-20T19:22:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Deckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Tom\_Deckers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tom_Deckers)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997/1 "2013-06-20T19:22:24Z")

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Hi,

I’m pulling in a git repo that uses .gitmodules, and the ansible module for git (confusing, isn’t it) doesn’t seem to be pulling those gitmodules in. Is there a way to provide --recursive support for git?

Thanks!  
Tom.

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Fromm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Stephen\_Fromm](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Fromm)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997/2 "2013-06-20T20:34:57Z")

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Go ahead and open an issue on github. I’ve been meaning to look at this. Alternatively, feel free to submit a PR to add support to the git module.

sf

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997/3 "2013-06-20T20:42:53Z")

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Cool – I’d really like to see this in the git module.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Deckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Tom\_Deckers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tom_Deckers)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-recursive-support/12997/4 "2013-06-20T21:52:55Z")

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I’ve added the issue: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3291](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/3291).

Regards,

Tom.