Can I use fetch recurseSubmodules on git clone set in .gitconfig

Question

Is there a way to set in .gitconfig to git clone automatically add --recurse-submodules flag ? I trie to add in .gitconfig the following:

[fetch]
    recurseSubmodules = true

But it doesn't work.

$ git clone upstream nowyprojekt2
Cloning into 'nowyprojekt2'...
done.

I need to add the --recurse-submodule flag

$ git clone --recurse-submodule upstream nowyprojekt2
Cloning into 'nowyprojekt2'...
done.
Submodule 'euca2ools' (https://github.com/eucalyptus/euca2ools.git) registered for path 'euca2ools'
Cloning into 'euca2ools'...
remote: Counting objects: 19147, done.
remote: Total 19147 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 19147
Receiving objects: 100% (19147/19147), 22.23 MiB | 450.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (15556/15556), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Submodule path 'euca2ools': checked out '12c358cd27ff652cb144de124bb5472a74145277'

My GIT version:

$ git --version
git version 2.1.0

Answer 1

No, this is not available, even in the latest Git 2.5 released today.

That leaves you with an alias (or git alias) workaround, in order to replace a git clone --recursive by one command (similar to "Setting git default flags on commands").