From 2c7a8ff45ea1f33c364899007ff40e4083850b10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:04:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Initialize exact release submodule bodies

---
 epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs b/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
index 41dd2f14..ac301531 100644
--- a/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
+++ b/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
@@ -228,10 +228,28 @@ impl GitWorktreeGuard {
                 String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
             );
         }
-        Ok(Self {
+        let guard = Self {
             repo: repo.to_path_buf(),
             path: path.to_path_buf(),
-        })
+        };
+        let submodules = std::process::Command::new("git")
+            .args([
+                "-c",
+                "core.longpaths=true",
+                "submodule",
+                "update",
+                "--init",
+                "--recursive",
+            ])
+            .current_dir(&guard.path)
+            .output()?;
+        if !submodules.status.success() {
+            bail!(
+                "failed to initialize exact release submodules: {}",
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&submodules.stderr)
+            );
+        }
+        Ok(guard)
     }
 }