From ea0c3adc60c0d54a4ae418fcf88a1e98c9d50a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Jones <felix@felixjones.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 00:59:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] scripts/get_git: clean cached submodule dir on retry

---
 scripts/get_git | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/get_git b/scripts/get_git
index e63a003bb87..d620676f615 100755
--- a/scripts/get_git
+++ b/scripts/get_git
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ _update_submodules() {
       echo "Syncing submodule: $submodule"
       git submodule sync -- "${submodule}"
 
+      echo "Removing cached submodule git dir: $submodule"
+      rm -rf ".git/modules/${submodule}" "${submodule}"
+
       echo "Reinitializing submodule: $submodule"
       git submodule update --init --recursive ${GIT_SUBMODULE_PARAMS} -- "${submodule}"
       _rv=$?