GitHub Action

Checkout submodules

2.1.1 Latest version

Checkout Submodule Action

Recursively checks out any submodules in your repository.

steps:
- name: Checkout submodules
  uses: textbook/git-checkout-submodule-action@master

New in version 2.1.0. You can optionally set the --remote flag:

steps:
- name: Checkout submodules
  uses: textbook/git-checkout-submodule-action@master
  with:
    remote: true

Alternatives

You can use git Actions instead:

steps:
- name: Checkout submodules
  uses: srt32/git-actions@v0.0.3
  with:
    args: git submodule update --init --recursive