[CHEF-2750] SCM/Git LWRP: Synchronize submodules

If enable_submodules is true, Git submodules should not only be updated (git submodule update --init), but also synchronized (git submodule sync) to support the case, when submodule URLs change.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/git.rb b/lib/chef/provider/git.rb
index fcc7c81a99..53efdb39de 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/git.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/git.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ class Chef
 
       def enable_submodules
         if @new_resource.enable_submodules
-          converge_by("enable git submodules for #{@new_resource}") do 
+          converge_by("enable git submodules for #{@new_resource}") do
+            Chef::Log.info "#{@new_resource} synchronizing git submodules"
+            command = "git submodule sync"
+            shell_out!(command, run_options(:cwd => @new_resource.destination, :log_level => :info))
+
             Chef::Log.info "#{@new_resource} enabling git submodules"
             # the --recursive flag means we require git 1.6.5+ now, see CHEF-1827
             command = "git submodule update --init --recursive"