{"record":{"id":"9df4f3f71ae5492c","repo":"argoproj/argo-workflows","slug":"failed-to-get-submodules-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to get submodules: %w","messagePattern":"failed to get submodules: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"workflow/artifacts/git/git.go","lineNumber":195,"sourceCode":"\t\topts := &git.FetchOptions{Auth: auth, RefSpecs: refSpecs, InsecureSkipTLS: g.InsecureSkipTLS}\n\t\tif err := opts.Validate(); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to validate fetch %v: %w\", refSpecs, err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif err := r.Fetch(opts); isFetchErr(err) {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to fetch %v: %w\", refSpecs, err)\n\t\t}\n\t\th, err := r.ResolveRevision(plumbing.Revision(a.Revision))\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get resolve revision: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif err := w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Hash: plumbing.NewHash(h.String())}); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to checkout %q: %w\", h, err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\tif !a.DisableSubmodules {\n\t\ts, err := w.Submodules()\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get submodules: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif err := s.Update(&git.SubmoduleUpdateOptions{\n\t\t\tInit:              true,\n\t\t\tRecurseSubmodules: git.DefaultSubmoduleRecursionDepth,\n\t\t\tAuth:              auth,\n\t\t}); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to update submodules: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc isFetchErr(err error) bool {\n\treturn err != nil && err.Error() != \"already up-to-date\"\n}\n\nfunc (g *ArtifactDriver) OpenStream(ctx context.Context, a *wfv1.Artifact) (io.ReadCloser, error) {\n\t// todo: this is a temporary implementation which loads file to disk first","sourceCodeStart":177,"sourceCodeEnd":213,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/35bff19146f5a6ada77468c431f2624bd577e373/workflow/artifacts/git/git.go#L177-L213","documentation":"git artifact Load called w.Submodules() to enumerate submodules and it failed — usually a missing/corrupt .gitmodules file or an unexpected work-tree state. Only reached when disableSubmodules is false.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at workflow/artifacts/git/git.go:195 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set disableSubmodules: true if submodules are not needed","Fix or remove a broken .gitmodules in the source repo"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"35bff19146f5a6ada77468c431f2624bd577e373","analyzedAt":"2026-09-03T19:34:35.908Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-03T19:34:35.908Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}