I researched tarballing repos with submodules when o started playing with this. Short answer is that it isn't supported by github
You might find this relevant http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12936014/include-a-github-submodule-automatically-in-download On Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 7:03 AM Robert Schmidt <rjesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh sorry I misunderstood what you asked :) > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 7:02 AM Robert Schmidt <rjesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a repo that works like that for easybuild, but it isn't totally >> stable. >> >> https://github.com/rjeschmi/eb-devel-install >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 4:38 AM Stolpe, Oliver <oliver.sto...@charite.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello mailinglist, >>> >>> I wondered if there is a possibility to configure or write an easyblock >>> to do a recursive github checkout instead of fetching files. I wanted to >>> follow this instructions: >>> >>> https://github.com/ekg/freebayes#obtaining >>> >>> What possibilities do I have and what is the most straight-forward way? >>> >>> Thanks & cheers, >>> Oliver >>> >>
