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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-20 20:22:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-20 20:22:43 +0200 |
| commit | e61308ce1d82e12e5087371469baea4a452875d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 62551a3ae4eab75e5af7e3b35358c07a51b2132f /doc/ci/git_submodules.md | |
| parent | 4f323bb62fbe71a4352de25cab141f361a3fe1a6 (diff) | |
| parent | 2989ed078c1d45b0959dcecb1bc3c8f4740a3c0d (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-docs-patch-71.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into docs-patch-71docs-patch-71
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diff --git a/doc/ci/git_submodules.md b/doc/ci/git_submodules.md index 551044dd76f..cce33c7a6b4 100644 --- a/doc/ci/git_submodules.md +++ b/doc/ci/git_submodules.md @@ -69,24 +69,26 @@ correctly with your CI jobs: 1. Next, if you are using `gitlab-runner` v1.10+, you can set the `GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY` variable to either `normal` or `recursive` to tell the runner to fetch your submodules before the job: - ```yaml - variables: - GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive - ``` - See the [`.gitlab-ci.yml` reference](yaml/README.md#git-submodule-strategy) - for more details about `GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY`. + + ```yaml + variables: + GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive + ``` + + See the [`.gitlab-ci.yml` reference](yaml/README.md#git-submodule-strategy) + for more details about `GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY`. 1. If you are using an older version of `gitlab-runner`, then use `git submodule sync/update` in `before_script`: - ```yaml - before_script: - - git submodule sync --recursive - - git submodule update --init --recursive - ``` + ```yaml + before_script: + - git submodule sync --recursive + - git submodule update --init --recursive + ``` - `--recursive` should be used in either both or none (`sync/update`) depending on - whether you have recursive submodules. + `--recursive` should be used in either both or none (`sync/update`) depending on + whether you have recursive submodules. The rationale to set the `sync` and `update` in `before_script` is because of the way Git submodules work. On a fresh Runner workspace, Git will set the |
