{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"claude-code-s-git-commands-no-longer-recurse-into-submodules","canonical_anchor":"claude-code-s-git-commands-no-longer-recurse-into-submodules","heading":"Claude Code's git commands no longer recurse into submodules","tier":"notice","area":"Git Safety","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/claude-code-s-git-commands-no-longer-recurse-into-submodules","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### Claude Code's git commands no longer recurse into submodules\n\nGit commands Claude Code runs stay in the outer repo and no longer recurse into submodules.\n\n**What**\n\nEvery 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.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`submodule.recurse=false`\n\n- Area: Git Safety\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}