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+var nodegit = require("../");
+var path = "tmp/nodegit-clone-demo";
+
+var config = {
+	fetchOpts: {
+		callbacks: {
+			certificateCheck: function() {
+				// github will fail cert check on some OSX machines
+				// this overrides that check
+				return 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+};
+
+nodegit.Clone("https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit.git", path, config)
+	.then(function(repo){
+		console.log(1);
+		var p = Promise.resolve();
+		nodegit.Submodule.foreach(repo, function(submodule){
+			submodule.update(1, config);
+			p = p.then(function(){
+				return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
+					submodule.update(1, config).then(resolve, reject);
+				});
+			});
+		}).then(function(){
+			p.then(function(){
+				console.log("Cloned!");
+			},function(error){
+				console.error(error);
+			});
+		});
+	})
+	.catch(console.log);
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