"Fetch Content" doesn't work because of catch2-src

[zafirovicmilan2]

I tried to open "fetch_content" (opened CMakeLists.txt from "fetch_content") and cmake configuration failed because it cannot fetch "catch2-src":

fatal: No url found for submodule path 'tests/_deps/catch2-src' in .gitmodules
CMake Error at sqliteorm-subbuild/sqliteorm-populate-prefix/tmp/sqliteorm-populate-gitclone.cmake:62 (message):
  Failed to update submodules in:
  '/home/zafirovicmilan2/Downloads/build-fetch_content-Desktop_Qt_6_4_1_gcc-Debug/_deps/sqliteorm-src'

cmake 3.25.1
g++/gcc 11.3.0

[rotolof]

It seems to be a dangling submodule path that has no entry in .gitmodules.
@fnc12 I think it can be fixed in the repo with git rm --cached tests/_deps/catch2-src.

@zafirovicmilan2 A quick fix for you is pass the GIT_SUBMODULES parameter with an empty string to FetchContent:

FetchContent_Declare(
  sqlite_orm
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fnc12/sqlite_orm.git
  GIT_TAG v1.8
  GIT_SUBMODULES ""
)

[trueqbit]

@zafirovicmilan2 Does PR #1121 (into dev) or the v1.8.1 release solve the problem?

[rotolof]

@trueqbit I'm using v1.8.1, it does solve the issue (at least for me).

I'm using the following code in my CMakeLists.txt:

  FetchContent_Declare(
    sqlite_orm
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fnc12/sqlite_orm.git
    GIT_TAG v1.8.1
    GIT_SHALLOW true
  )