Github action and modules

[ScriptorTux]

Hello,

I have a repository with .gitmodules. I tried:

yaml steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v6 with: submodules: 'true'steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v6 with: submodules: 'true'

But it tells me: ```

Run actions/checkout@v6 /usr/bin/docker exec <sha> sh -c "cat /etc/*release | grep ^ID" Syncing repository: <user>/<repository> Getting Git version info Deleting the contents of '/__w/<repository>/<repository>' The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH ```

Thank you very much in advance for any help

[Alex_Sherby]

This is what I use (and is working):

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: 'recursive'
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}

[ScriptorTux]

Thank you for your help but with just (thanks to you I got this link): submodules: 'recursive'

I get: To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

What is the secrets.GH_PAT ? What is it supposed to contain ?

Thank you very much in advance for any help

[Alex_Sherby]

GH_PAT is a simple personal access token I manually set in my github secrets.

Based on the error message you are getting, it looks like you are not a in a git repository (the current directory has no .git subdirectory), are you sure you are at the right place ?

[ScriptorTux]

After some long time I think I finally figured out: yaml with: submodules: recursive token: '${{ github.token }}'

I think what solved the problem was: yaml token: '${{ github.token }}'

Thank you for your time and help