alternative for github clone with submodules

[macports at parvis.nl]

i cannot find a way to do git clone --recursive

alternative example could be:


example:

hfsinspect has 2 git submodules crc32c and memdump
before the real build phase (patch or pre-build), git clone crc32c and memdump, and create symlinks from clone to vendor/crc32c and vendor/memdump.

livecheck would not show changes to the submodules.