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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/testlib.sh"
+reponame="submodule-recurse-test-repo"
+submodname="submodule-recurse-test-submodule"
+
+begin_test "submodule with submodule.recurse = true"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  setup_remote_repo "$reponame"
+  setup_remote_repo "$submodname"
+
+  clone_repo "$submodname" submodule
+
+  git lfs track "*.dat" 2>&1 | tee track.log
+  grep "Tracking \"\*.dat\"" track.log
+
+  echo "foo" > file.dat
+  git add .gitattributes file.dat
+  git commit -a -m "add file"
+  git push origin master
+  subcommit1=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+  echo "bar" > file.dat
+  git add file.dat
+  git commit -a -m "update file"
+  git push origin master
+  subcommit2=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+  clone_repo "$reponame" repo
+  git submodule add "$GITSERVER/$submodname" submodule
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+  git -C submodule reset --hard "$subcommit1"
+  git add .gitmodules submodule
+  git commit -m "add submodule"
+  git push origin master
+
+  git checkout -b feature
+  git -C submodule reset --hard "$subcommit2"
+  git add .gitmodules submodule
+  git commit -m "update submodule"
+  git push origin feature
+
+  clone_repo "$reponame" repo-no-recurse
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+  git checkout feature
+
+  if [[ -d "submodule/lfs/logs" ]]
+  then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  clone_repo "$reponame" repo-recurse
+  git config submodule.recurse true
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+  git checkout feature
+
+  if [[ -d "submodule/lfs/logs" ]]
+  then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+)
+end_test