From 727db26355c0666ed38c858eb15bd7b737419a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephanos Ioannidis <root@stephanos.io>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:52:32 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] ci: Selectively check out submodules

Check out only the needed submodules in each job to reduce unnecessary
network load and job preparation time.

This is especially important now since large host tool components, such
as QEMU, are added as submodules.

Signed-off-by: Stephanos Ioannidis <root@stephanos.io>
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index edbaf9d0..5fac3475 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Check out source code (pull request)
@@ -575,9 +574,23 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
+    - name: Check out submodules
+      run: |
+        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive crosskit/crosskit-x86_64-apple-darwin
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive crosskit/crosskit-x86_64-darwin-libpython
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive crosskit/crosskit-mingw-w64-libpython
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive crosstool-ng
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive binutils
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive binutils_arc
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive gdb
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive gcc
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive gcc_arc
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive picolibc
+
     - name: Build crosstool-ng
       run: |
         # Configure macOS build environment
@@ -885,7 +898,6 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Check out source code (pull request)
@@ -893,9 +905,15 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
+    - name: Check out submodules
+      run: |
+        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive llvm
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive picolibc
+
     - name: Setup debug session (pre)
       if: always() && needs.setup.outputs.debug == 'toolchain-pre'
       uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
@@ -1021,7 +1039,6 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Check out source code (pull request)
@@ -1029,9 +1046,16 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        submodules: recursive
         persist-credentials: false
 
+    - name: Check out submodules
+      run: |
+        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive qemu
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive qemu_arc
+        git submodule update --depth=1 --recursive qemu_xilinx
+
     - name: Configure AWS Credentials
       uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
       with: