With the main git repo often down I decided to try to clone the mirror instead. I used: GIT_ASKPASS=echo git clone --recursive \ https://anonymous@mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde However while it identifies all the submodules from the mirror it tries to fetch the submodules from the main repo and fails (see below). Can anyone tell me the correct magic incantation? Thanks, --Mike Cloning into 'tde'... remote: Counting objects: 96209, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (31922/31922), done. remote: Total 96209 (delta 67543), reused 90043 (delta 62746) Receiving objects: 100% (96209/96209), 33.93 MiB | 1.04 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (67543/67543), done. Submodule 'experimental' (https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/experimental) registered for path 'experimental' Submodule 'main/applications/abakus' (https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/abakus) registered for path 'main/applications/abakus' ... ... Cloning into '/cache/TDE/tde/experimental'... fatal: unable to access 'https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/experimental/': The requested URL returned error: 503 fatal: clone of 'https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/experimental' into submodule path '/cache/TDE/tde/experimental' failed Failed to clone 'experimental'. Retry scheduled Cloning into '/cache/TDE/tde/main/applications/compizconfig-backend-tdeconfig'... fatal: unable to access 'https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/compizconfig-backend-tdeconfig/': The requested URL returned error: 503 fatal: clone of 'https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/compizconfig-backend-tdeconfig' into submodule path '/cache/TDE/tde/main/applications/compizconfig-backend-tdeconfig' failed Failed to clone 'main/applications/compizconfig-backend-tdeconfig'. Retry scheduled ... ...