Submodule workflow update.

Author: vladd-bit

.github/workflows/submodule_sync.yml

@@ -1,46 +1,39 @@
 name: submodules-sync
 
 on:
-
   push:
     branches: ['**']
     tags: ['v*.*.*']
   pull_request:
     branches: ['**']
   release:
     types: [published]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   sync:
     name: 'Submodules Sync'
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
-    # Use the Bash shell regardless whether the GitHub Actions runner is ubuntu-22.04, macos-latest, or windows-latest
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
 
     steps:
-    # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        token: ${{ github.token }}
-        submodules: true
-
-    # Update references
-    - name: Git Sumbodule Update
-      run: |
-        git config pull.rebase false
-        git pull --recurse-submodules origin main
-        git submodule update --remote --recursive
-
-    - name: Commit update
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name 'Git bot'
-        git config --global user.email 'bot@noreply.github.com'
-        git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ github.token }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-        git commit -am "Auto updated submodule references" && git push || echo "No changes to commit"
+      - name: Checkout repository with submodules
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Update submodules
+        run: |
+          git submodule update --init --remote --recursive
+
+      - name: Commit and push submodule updates
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'Git bot'
+          git config --global user.email 'bot@noreply.github.com'
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+          git add .
+          git diff --quiet && echo "No changes to commit" || (git commit -m "Auto updated submodule references" && git push)