Use git with --recursive option

Hello,

I try to create / update a port - which clones / downloads github
repositories.  Because there are a lot of depencencies, how to call the
download with the "--recursive" option?

I have something in Makefile like:

USE_GITHUB=     yes
GH_TUPLE=
eclipse-platform:eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator:${ECLIPSE_TAG} \
         eclipse-jdt:eclipse.jdt:${ECLIPSE_TAG}:a/eclipse.jdt \
eclipse-jdt:eclipse.jdt.core:${ECLIPSE_TAG}:b/eclipse.jdt.core \
eclipse-jdt:eclipse.jdt.core.binaries:${ECLIPSE_TAG}:c/eclipse.jdt.core.binaries
\
eclipse-jdt:eclipse.jdt.debug:${ECLIPSE_TAG}:d/eclipse.jdt.debug \
         ...

and would like to download just the first, but recursive...

Thanks for help :-)  All the best, Norebrt

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