I think you want --recursive On Fri, 2 Aug 2024, 8:05 pm Arnaud Spiwack, <arnaud.spiw...@tweag.io> wrote:
> Dear all, > > I'm currently unable to build GHC's master branch as some of the > submodules (presumably used by Hadrian) are making git pretty unhappy (I've > used various variants of the command below, in a cleaned repository): > > ```console > $ git submodule update --init > error: submodule git dir > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian/vendored/Cabal' > is inside git dir > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian' > fatal: refusing to create/use > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian/vendored/Cabal' > in another submodule's git dir > Failed to clone 'hadrian/vendored/Cabal'. Retry scheduled > error: submodule git dir > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian/vendored/Cabal' > is inside git dir > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian' > fatal: refusing to create/use > '/home/aspiwack/projects/tweag/ghc/master/.git/modules/hadrian/vendored/Cabal' > in another submodule's git dir > Failed to clone 'hadrian/vendored/Cabal' a second time, aborting > ``` > > Please advise on how to get unblocked. > > And, if I'm allowed to conclude with a plea: please be careful not to > abuse Git's submodule system, it's wonky enough when used simply. > > -- > Arnaud Spiwack > Director, Research at https://moduscreate.com and https://tweag.io. > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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