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aminya opened this issue Dec 6, 2020 · 2 comments
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submodule recursive fails to clone using http #402

aminya opened this issue Dec 6, 2020 · 2 comments

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aminya commented Dec 6, 2020 •
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Here is the error:

https://github.com/aminya/build2-toolchain/runs/1506543807?check_suite_focus=true#step:6:182

Error: fatal: dumb http transport does not support shallow capabilities
  Error: fatal: clone of 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/config.git' into submodule path '/home/runner/work/build2-toolchain/build2-toolchain/build2/config' failed

Here is the config:
https://github.com/aminya/build2-toolchain/blob/a0d6e01cb63abca5250981084a7f03c0fa5f2856/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L56

    - name: Checkout master branch
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        repository: 'build2/build2-toolchain'
        submodules: recursive
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@aminya aminya changed the title submodule recursive fails submodule recursive fails to clone using http Dec 8, 2020
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it looks like it's not supported by the external provider. You may need to set fetch-depth: 0

aminya added a commit to aminya/build2-toolchain that referenced this issue Jan 21, 2021
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Set fetch-depth to 0
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actions/checkout#402 (comment)
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aminya commented Jan 21, 2021

Thanks! Setting fetch-deps to 0 fixes the issue

szsam added a commit to purs3lab/scanner-workflows that referenced this issue Jun 3, 2023
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Add workaround for shallow capabilities not supported
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This fixes:
  Error: fatal: dumb http transport does not support shallow capabilities
  Error: fatal: clone of 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/lwip.git' into
  submodule path '...' failed

Referece: actions/checkout#402
hexmode added a commit to MWStake/nonwmf-extensions that referenced this issue Dec 15, 2024
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Set fetch-depth: 0
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actions/checkout#402
https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/cbb722410c2e876e24abbe8de2cc27693e501dcb/adrs/0153-checkout-v2.md?plain=1#L72
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