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fix(gitmodules): stop .claude fetch-recurse from failing pull without trinity-dev creds #2009

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion .gitmodules
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# skip it so a fresh OSS clone needs no credentials (#1443). Maintainers
# opt in — see CLAUDE.md → "Development Skills".
update = none
fetchRecurseSubmodules = true
# `on-demand` (not `true`): `true` unconditionally tries to recurse-fetch
# this submodule on every `git fetch`/`git pull`, even when it was never
# checked out — which fails with "Could not access submodule '.claude'"
# for anyone (or any self-hosting agent) without trinity-dev credentials.
# `on-demand` still auto-updates it for maintainers who HAVE it checked
# out (a submodule-bump commit triggers the fetch), matching the
# documented "handles git pull automatically" behavior in CLAUDE.md —
# it just stops trying for everyone who doesn't have it initialized.
fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
[submodule "src/backend/enterprise"]
path = src/backend/enterprise
url = git@github.com:Abilityai/trinity-enterprise.git
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion CLAUDE.md
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Expand Up @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ git submodule update --init .claude # now actually clones (needs trini
git config submodule.recurse true # auto-syncs .claude when switching branches
```

The config line must come **first** — with the `update = none` default, a plain `--init` is skipped, and **any** init path (plain `--init`, `--init --checkout`, `clone --recurse-submodules`) copies `none` into your local config, so *future* updates keep skipping until the override is set. Without `submodule.recurse true`, switching branches will leave `.claude` stale and skills will disappear. The `fetchRecurseSubmodules = true` in `.gitmodules` handles `git pull` automatically, but branch switching requires the local config above. (Clones initialized before #1443 already carry the `update = checkout` local override — no action needed.)
The config line must come **first** — with the `update = none` default, a plain `--init` is skipped, and **any** init path (plain `--init`, `--init --checkout`, `clone --recurse-submodules`) copies `none` into your local config, so *future* updates keep skipping until the override is set. Without `submodule.recurse true`, switching branches will leave `.claude` stale and skills will disappear. The `fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand` in `.gitmodules` handles `git pull` automatically once `.claude` is checked out (a submodule-bump commit triggers the fetch), but branch switching requires the local config above. (Clones initialized before #1443 already carry the `update = checkout` local override — no action needed. `on-demand`, not `true`: `true` unconditionally tries to recurse-fetch `.claude` even when it was never checked out, which fails with "Could not access submodule '.claude'" for anyone — human or self-hosting agent — without `trinity-dev` credentials.)

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