From 740b2433569acdce1617f4347cb55d2147651ea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: despiegk <kristof@incubaid.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:40:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ..

---
 lib/develop/gittools/gittools_do.v      | 8 ++++++++
 lib/develop/gittools/repository_clone.v | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/develop/gittools/gittools_do.v b/lib/develop/gittools/gittools_do.v
index c487cb2e..5eff64d2 100644
--- a/lib/develop/gittools/gittools_do.v
+++ b/lib/develop/gittools/gittools_do.v
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ pub fn (mut gs GitStructure) do(args_ ReposActionsArgs) !string {
 		return ''
 	}
 
+	if args.cmd == 'clone' {
+		if args.url.len == 0 {
+			return error('URL needs to be specified for clone operation.')
+		}
+		gs.clone(url: args.url, recursive: args.recursive)!
+		return ''
+	}
+
 	if args.cmd in 'pull,push,commit,delete'.split(',') {
 		gs.repos_print(
 			filter:   args.filter
diff --git a/lib/develop/gittools/repository_clone.v b/lib/develop/gittools/repository_clone.v
index 151e53c4..8b146c86 100644
--- a/lib/develop/gittools/repository_clone.v
+++ b/lib/develop/gittools/repository_clone.v
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import os
 pub struct GitCloneArgs {
 pub mut:
 	// only url needed because is a clone
-	url    string
-	sshkey string
+	url       string
+	sshkey    string
+	recursive bool // If true, also clone submodules
 }
 
 // Clones a new repository into the git structure based on the provided arguments.