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Retrieve git submodules without a .git directory
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# This comes in handy when you have a copy of a git repository | |
# without the .git metadata directory included, | |
# for instance a .zip export from Bitbucket. | |
# For use in a shell script. | |
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if [ ! -d '.git' ]; then | |
git init . | |
# Reconstruct submodules using .gitmodules | |
# Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/11258810 | |
git config -f .gitmodules --get-regexp '^submodule\..*\.path$' | | |
while read path_key path | |
do | |
rm -rf $path | |
url_key=$(echo $path_key | sed 's/\.path/.url/') | |
branch_key=$(echo $path_key | sed 's/\.path/.branch/') | |
url=$(git config -f .gitmodules --get "$url_key") | |
branch=$(git config -f .gitmodules --get "$branch_key") | |
git submodule add -b $branch --depth 1 $url $path | |
done | |
fi | |
# Continue as we would /with/ a .git directory | |
git submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --tags' | |
git submodule update --recursive --init |
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