fix(ci): clone submodule content in rattler-build package #376

forbes · 2026-03-03T14:28:34Z

forbes commented

2026-03-03 14:28:34 +00:00

Summary

Fixes the release build (AppImage) failure where cmake --install fails because rattler-build's source.path copy does not include submodule contents.

Root Cause

The recipe.yaml uses source.path: ../.. with use_gitignore: true. When rattler-build copies the source tree, submodule directories (mods/silo/, mods/solver/, mods/gears/, mods/datums/) end up empty — their contents are not resolved from the gitlink references. This causes cmake --install to fail when it tries to install files from those paths.

The failure was observed at the silo addon install step (after successfully installing silo tree-node icons from src/Mod/Create/resources/).

Changes

package/rattler-build/build.sh — Add clone_if_empty helper that detects empty submodule directories and shallow-clones them from their remotes before CMake runs
package/rattler-build/recipe.yaml — Add git to build requirements

Affected submodules

Directory	Remote
`mods/silo`	`kindred/silo-mod.git`
`mods/solver`	`kindred/solver.git`
`mods/gears`	`kindred/gears.git`
`mods/datums`	`kindred/datums.git`

The clone is skipped if the directory already has content (e.g. when building locally with submodules initialized).

## Summary Fixes the release build (AppImage) failure where `cmake --install` fails because rattler-build's `source.path` copy does not include submodule contents. ## Root Cause The `recipe.yaml` uses `source.path: ../..` with `use_gitignore: true`. When rattler-build copies the source tree, submodule directories (`mods/silo/`, `mods/solver/`, `mods/gears/`, `mods/datums/`) end up empty — their contents are not resolved from the gitlink references. This causes `cmake --install` to fail when it tries to install files from those paths. The failure was observed at the silo addon install step (after successfully installing silo tree-node icons from `src/Mod/Create/resources/`). ## Changes - **`package/rattler-build/build.sh`** — Add `clone_if_empty` helper that detects empty submodule directories and shallow-clones them from their remotes before CMake runs - **`package/rattler-build/recipe.yaml`** — Add `git` to build requirements ## Affected submodules | Directory | Remote | |-----------|--------| | `mods/silo` | `kindred/silo-mod.git` | | `mods/solver` | `kindred/solver.git` | | `mods/gears` | `kindred/gears.git` | | `mods/datums` | `kindred/datums.git` | The clone is skipped if the directory already has content (e.g. when building locally with submodules initialized).

forbes added 1 commit 2026-03-03 14:28:35 +00:00

fix(ci): clone submodule content in rattler-build package

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rattler-build's source.path copy does not include submodule contents —
directories like mods/silo/, mods/solver/, mods/gears/, and mods/datums/
end up empty in the work directory, causing cmake --install to fail
when it tries to install files from those paths.

Add a clone_if_empty helper to build.sh that detects empty submodule
directories and shallow-clones them from their remotes before CMake
runs. Add git to build requirements in recipe.yaml.

This fixes the release build (AppImage) failure where cmake --install
failed at the silo addon install step after successfully installing
the silo tree-node icons from src/Mod/Create/resources/.

forbes merged commit 95142a0b0a into main

2026-03-03 14:30:18 +00:00

forbes referenced this issue from a commit

2026-03-03 14:30:18 +00:00

Merge pull request 'fix(ci): clone submodule content in rattler-build package' (#376) from fix/rattler-build-submodules into main

forbes deleted branch fix/rattler-build-submodules

2026-03-03 14:30:19 +00:00

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Reference: kindred/create#376