Jenkins pipeline git command submodule update

Question

I want to update submodule on git clone.

Is there a way to do this with Jenkins pipeline Git command?

Currently I\'m doing this...

git branch         


        

Answer 1

The git command as a pipeline step is rather limited as it provides a default implementation of the more complex checkout command. For more advanced configuration, you should use checkout command, for which you can pass a whole lot of parameters, including the desired submodules configuration.

What you want to use is probably something like this :

checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
          branches: [[name: '*/master']],
          doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
          extensions: [[$class: 'SubmoduleOption',
                        disableSubmodules: false,
                        parentCredentials: false,
                        recursiveSubmodules: true,
                        reference: '',
                        trackingSubmodules: false]], 
          submoduleCfg: [], 
          userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'your-git-server/your-git-repository']]])

From the documentation it is often cumbersome to write these kind of lines, I recommand you use instead Jenkins very good Snippet Generator (YourJenkins > yourProject > PipelineSyntax) to automatically generate the checkout line !