1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index e9e88a5533..b4f998a5bc 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -233,6 +233,27 @@ def setup_git_repo(repodir, version, devbranch, basetag='devtool-base', d=None):
     bb.process.run('git checkout -b %s' % devbranch, cwd=repodir)
     bb.process.run('git tag -f %s' % basetag, cwd=repodir)
 
+    # if recipe unpacks another git repo inside S, we need to declare it as a regular git submodule now,
+    # so we will be able to tag branches on it and extract patches when doing finish/update on the recipe
+    stdout, _ = bb.process.run("git status --porcelain", cwd=repodir)
+    found = False
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        if line.endswith("/"):
+            new_dir = line.split()[1]
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(repodir, new_dir)):
+                if ".git" in dirs + files:
+                    (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git remote', cwd=root)
+                    remote = stdout.splitlines()[0]
+                    (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git remote get-url %s' % remote, cwd=root)
+                    remote_url = stdout.splitlines()[0]
+                    logger.error(os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, ".."), root))
+                    bb.process.run('git submodule add %s %s' % (remote_url, os.path.relpath(root, os.path.join(root, ".."))), cwd=os.path.join(root, ".."))
+                    found = True
+                if found:
+                    useroptions = []
+                    oe.patch.GitApplyTree.gitCommandUserOptions(useroptions, d=d)
+                    bb.process.run('git %s commit -m "Adding additionnal submodule from SRC_URI\n\n%s"' % (' '.join(useroptions), oe.patch.GitApplyTree.ignore_commit_prefix), cwd=os.path.join(root, ".."))
+                    found = False
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodir, '.gitmodules')):
         bb.process.run('git submodule foreach --recursive  "git tag -f %s"' % basetag, cwd=repodir)