diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index c3b343e93b41f4ba2d31a541a823528983d4d8b3..77cda93bc259f4395b7aeff9e410f17146186c3e 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 [push]
 	default = simple
 [alias]
-	push = push --follow-tags
+    clone-recursive = clone --recursive
+    push-tags = push --follow-tags
+    pull-submodules = submodule foreach git pull