For this git submodule info, I dumped a bunch of info into https://github.com/osquery/osquery/issues/5862 The failure cases I have, are all in git 2.7. (cc: @alessandrogario @theopolis)

Thanks for this investigation. The cheat-codes for making

git

verbose are very helpful. Potential bad news is that I recall trying a newer

git

(2.23?) and seeing a failure.

Interesting. I’d certainly believe it happens.

CMake might need a

-DOSQUERY_LIBRARIES_FULL_CLONE

option

Maybe. But if it’s just a couple, we can make them non-shallow. Or see if a more recent git ref alleviates it.

Also, Linux with 2.23.0 fails