initialize submodules as part of the clone command

generate.go

@@ -123,17 +123,10 @@ func runCmdInDir(dir, name string, args ...string) error {
 }
 
 func cloneTemplate(pdk pdkTemplate, dir, tag string) error {
-	if err := runCmdInDir("", "git", "clone", "--depth=1", pdk.Url, "--branch", tag, dir); err != nil {
+	if err := runCmdInDir("", "git", "clone", "--depth=1", pdk.Url, "--branch", tag, "--recurse-submodules", dir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// initialize submodules if any
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, ".gitmodules")); err == nil {
-		if err := runCmdInDir(dir, "git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive"); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	// recursively check that parents are not a git repository, create an orphan branch & commit, cleanup
 	// otherwise, remove the git repository and assume this should be a plain directory within the parent
 	absDir, err := filepath.Abs(dir)