You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Git SafetyArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.242,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Every git command Claude Code runs itself now passes submodule.recurse=false, alongside the existing safe.bareRepository=explicit, so operations in a repo with submodules stay in the outer repo.
Evidence
submodule.recurse=false
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
