PowerShell · TravisEz13 · Nov 5, 2018 · Nov 2, 2018
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -186,18 +186,10 @@ If you have any problems building, please consult the developer [FAQ][].
 
 ## Downloading the Source Code
 
-The PowerShell repository has a number of other repositories embedded as submodules.
-
-To make things easy, you can just clone recursively:
-
-```sh
-git clone --recursive https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell.git
-```
-
-If you have already cloned but forgot to use `--recursive`, you can update submodules manually:
+You can just clone the repository:
 
 ```sh
-git submodule update --init
+git clone https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell.git
 ```
 
 See [working with the PowerShell repository](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/master/docs/git) for more information.

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ nuget:
   project_feed: true
 
 install:
-  - git submodule update --init
   - ps: Import-Module .\tools\Appveyor.psm1
   - ps: Invoke-AppveyorInstall
 

@@ -1536,16 +1536,6 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             # Note that when it is null, Invoke-Expression (but not &) must be used to interpolate properly
             $sudo = if (!$NoSudo) { "sudo" }
 
-            try {
-                # Update googletest submodule for linux native cmake
-                Push-Location $PSScriptRoot
-                $Submodule = "$PSScriptRoot/src/libpsl-native/test/googletest"
-                Remove-Item -Path $Submodule -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-                git submodule --quiet update --init -- $submodule
-            } finally {
-                Pop-Location
-            }
-
             if ($BuildLinuxArm -and -not $Environment.IsUbuntu) {
                 Write-Error "Cross compiling for linux-arm is only supported on Ubuntu environment"
                 return

diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md
@@ -102,49 +102,3 @@ Additionally, if you've just unzipped their binary drops (or used their obtain
 scripts, which do essentially the same thing), you must manually delete the
 folder, as the .NET CLI team re-engineered how their binaries are setup, such
 that new packages' binaries get stomped on by old packages' binaries.
-
-## Why is my submodule empty?
-
-If a submodule (such as `src/libpsl-native/test/googletest`) is empty, that means it is
-uninitialized.
-If you've already cloned, you can do this with:
-
-```sh
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-```
-
-You can verify that the submodules were initialized properly with:
-
-```sh
-git submodule status
-```
-
-If they're initialized, it will look like this:
-
-```output
-c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 src/libpsl-native/test/googletest (release-1.7.0)
-```
-
-If they're not, there will be minuses in front (and the folders will be empty):
-
-```output
--c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 src/libpsl-native/test/googletest (release-1.7.0)
-```
-
-Please note that the commit hashes for the submodules have likely changed since
-this FAQ was written.
-
-## Why does my submodule say "HEAD detached at" some commit?
-
-When a submodule is first initialized and updated, it is not checked out to a
-branch, but the very exact commit that the super-project (this PowerShell
-repository) has recorded for the submodule.
-This behavior is intended.
-
-If you want to check out an actual branch, just do so with `git checkout <branch>`.
-A submodule is just a Git repository; it just happens to be nested inside another repository.
-
-Please read the Git Book chapter on [submodules][].
-
-[submodules]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules
diff --git a/docs/git/README.md b/docs/git/README.md
@@ -4,23 +4,9 @@ Working with PowerShell repository
 #### Get the code for the first time
 
 ```sh
-git clone --recursive https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
+git clone https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
 ```
 
-The PowerShell repository has **submodules**.
-They are required to build and test PowerShell.
-That's why you need `--recursive`, when you `git clone`.
-
-If you already cloned the repo without `--recursive`, update submodules manually
-
-```sh
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-```
-
-See [FAQ](../FAQ.md#why-is-my-submodule-empty) for details.
-
-
 Branches
 ---------
 
@@ -44,7 +30,7 @@ Branches
 Use **git rebase** instead of **git merge** and **git pull**, when you're updating your feature-branch.
 
 ```sh
-# fetch updates all remote branch references in the repo and all submodules
+# fetch updates all remote branch references in the repo
 # --all : tells it to do it for all remotes (handy, when you use your fork)
 # -p : tells it to remove obsolete remote branch references (when they are removed from remote)
 git fetch --all -p

diff --git a/docs/git/basics.md b/docs/git/basics.md
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ git config --global credential.helper store
 
 Alternatively, you can use [SSH key][].
 In this case, you may want to use git-ssh even for HTTPS Git URLs.
-It will help you to use submodules transparently.
 
 ```
 git config --global url.git@github.com:.insteadOf https://github.com/

diff --git a/docs/git/submodules.md b/docs/git/submodules.md
diff --git a/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1 b/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ Describe 'Common Tests - Validate Markdown Files' -Tag 'CI' {
                 './docs/*.md'
                 './docs/building/*.md'
                 './docs/cmdlet-example/*.md'
-                './docs/git/submodules.md'
                 './docs/maintainers/*.md'
                 './docs/testing-guidelines/testing-guidelines.md'
                 './test/powershell/README.md'

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Push-Location
 try {
     Write-Verbose -Message "Init..." -Verbose
     Set-Location $repoRoot
-    git submodule update --init --recursive --quiet
     Import-Module "$repoRoot/build.psm1"
     Import-Module "$repoRoot/tools/packaging"
     Sync-PSTags -AddRemoteIfMissing

@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ End {
     & $gitBinFullPath clone -b $psReleaseBranch --quiet https://github.com/$psReleaseFork/PSRelease.git $location
 
     Push-Location -Path $PWD.Path
-    try{
-        Set-Location $location
-        & $gitBinFullPath  submodule update --init --recursive --quiet
-    }
-    finally
-    {
-        Pop-Location
-    }
 
     $unresolvedRepoRoot = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot '../..'
     $resolvedRepoRoot = (Resolve-Path -Path $unresolvedRepoRoot).ProviderPath