Tim, all, It appears that the git tde/scripts will need updating to work with git >= 1.6.5. I still get the error: git submodule foreach "/dat_f/tde/git/scripts/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean drankin" Entering 'experimental' This script can only be run from a top level git directory. Exiting... Stopping at 'experimental'; script returned non-zero status. What that means is the foreach loop in switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean gets to experimental, crashes and then doesn't complete for any of the remaining modules in: 'git submodule scripts/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean' It seems to be failing on: git submodule foreach "$THISSCRIPT $gituser" maybe it should be?: git submodule foreach --recursive "$THISSCRIPT $gituser" Below are a couple of patches for the scripts inserting '--recursive' where applicable: --- scripts/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean +++ scripts/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean 2012-02-17 11:42:56.955472310 -0600 @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ fi git submodule init - git submodule update - git submodule foreach "git checkout master" - git submodule foreach "git pull" - git submodule foreach "$THISSCRIPT $gituser" + git submodule update --recursive + git submodule foreach --recursive "git checkout master" + git submodule foreach --recursive "git pull" + git submodule foreach --recursive "$THISSCRIPT $gituser" git checkout -- .gitmodules fi --- scripts/update_all_submodules +++ scripts/update_all_submodules 2012-02-17 11:50:19.504957047 -0600 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cd ../ done git submodule init - git submodule update + git submodule update --recursive cd $PARENTDIR/$DIR2UPDATE git reset --hard HEAD git clean -d -x -f At least I am not cloning the admin and cmake contents! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.