Checkout with `--recursive` fails when forking the repository

TelegramMessenger / Telegram-iOS

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Checkout with `--recursive` fails when forking the repository #1322

Closed bclark8923 closed 8 months ago

bclark8923 commented 8 months ago

Checklist

[x] I am reporting an issue in existing functionality that does not work as intended
[x] I've searched for existing GitHub issues

Description

When forking the repo, rlottie and tgcalls failed to update due to using ../ to reference the TelegramMessenger github account

Expected Behavior

git checkout --recursive should have worked on my fork

Actual Behavior

repos rlottie and tgcalls could not be found

Next Steps

Fix included in PR linked in comment below

bclark8923 commented 8 months ago

Submitted a PR to fix this issue https://github.com/TelegramMessenger/Telegram-iOS/pull/1321

ali-fareed commented 8 months ago

The team uses a number of private repositories that follow the structure of the public account. A better solution might be to use the git URL rewrite feature.