submodule recursive fails to clone using http

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, github-actions
Domain
ci-cd, devops

Research direction

Start with the checkout step in .github/workflows/ci.yml around line 56 and the linked GitHub Actions run, focusing on recursive submodule cloning of https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/config.git. Reproduce the failure with actions/checkout@v2 and determine whether the checkout can complete over HTTP; done means the recursive checkout succeeds or the limitation is clearly documented.

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Description

Here is the error:

https://github.com/aminya/build2-toolchain/runs/1506543807?check_suite_focus=true#step:6:182

Error: fatal: dumb http transport does not support shallow capabilities
  Error: fatal: clone of 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/config.git' into submodule path '/home/runner/work/build2-toolchain/build2-toolchain/build2/config' failed

Here is the config:
https://github.com/aminya/build2-toolchain/blob/a0d6e01cb63abca5250981084a7f03c0fa5f2856/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L56

    - name: Checkout master branch
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        repository: 'build2/build2-toolchain'
        submodules: recursive
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