Cloning will now try to init and update git submodules, if they exist.

lib/homesick.rb

@@ -19,13 +19,28 @@ class Homesick < Thor
   desc "clone URI", "Clone +uri+ as a castle for homesick"
   def clone(uri)
     inside repos_dir do
+      destination = nil
       if File.exist?(uri)
-        ln_s uri, File.basename(uri)
+        destination = Pathname.new(uri).basename
+
+        ln_s uri, destination
       elsif uri =~ GITHUB_NAME_REPO_PATTERN
-        git_clone "git://github.com/#{$1}.git", :destination => $1
+        destination = Pathname.new($1)
+        git_clone "git://github.com/#{$1}.git", :destination => destination
       else
+        if uri =~ /\/([^\/]*).git\Z/
+          destination = Pathname.new($1)
+        end
+
         git_clone uri
       end
+
+      if destination.join('.gitmodules').exist?
+        inside destination do
+          git_submodule_init
+          git_submodule_update
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 

lib/homesick/actions.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Homesick
       config ||= {}
       destination = config[:destination] || begin
         repo =~ /([^\/]+)\.git$/
-          $1
+       $1
       end
 
       destination = Pathname.new(destination) unless destination.kind_of?(Pathname)
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ class Homesick
       end
     end
 
+    def git_submodule_init(config = {})
+      say_status 'git submodule', 'init', :green unless options[:quiet]
+      system "git submodule --quiet init" unless options[:pretend]
+    end
+
+    def git_submodule_update(config = {})
+      say_status 'git submodule', 'update', :green unless options[:quiet]
+      system "git submodule --quiet update >/dev/null 2>&1" unless options[:pretend]
+    end
+
     def ln_s(source, destination, config = {})
       source = Pathname.new(source)
       destination = Pathname.new(destination)