thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/submodule.c b/src/submodule.c
index f771a4d..5548e45 100644
--- a/src/submodule.c
+++ b/src/submodule.c
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ static git_submodule *submodule_alloc(git_repository *repo, const char *name)
 	GIT_REFCOUNT_INC(sm);
 	sm->ignore = sm->ignore_default = GIT_SUBMODULE_IGNORE_NONE;
 	sm->update = sm->update_default = GIT_SUBMODULE_UPDATE_CHECKOUT;
+	sm->fetch_recurse = sm->update_default = GIT_SUBMODULE_RECURSE_YES;
 	sm->repo   = repo;
 
 	return sm;