git submodule status: fatal no submodule mapping found

[gigi81]

Brief description of your issue

After checking out the repo, the git submobule status command fails. This prevents the repo to be used as a submodule.

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli.git
git submodule status
fatal: no submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path 'src/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk/Release/libs/websocketpp'

Expected behavior

"git submodule status" should not return errors after cloning the repo

Actual behavior

"git submodule status" fails after cloning the repo

Environment

Windows

[denelon]

It looks like it's been quite some time since anyone touched the .gitmodules file.

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/6683dbe12382c8b5ecd01796085436c19c624bd5/src/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk/.gitmodules#L4-L7

[vedantmgoyal9]

The same happened here: https://github.com/vedantmgoyal2009/winget-releaser/actions/runs/3977537629.

As previously suggested by @itzlevvie (in gitter chat), I've set persist-credentials: false in my workflow. If I set it to true, it works!

As a temporary workaround, you might want to clone with an authenticated URL, like https://<github-personal-access-token>@github.com/microsoft/winget-cli.git, but yes, ideally, it should be fixed in the repo itself.

[denelon]

@vedantmgoyal2009 which repository do you believe is misconfigured?