git - Include a GitHub submodule automatically in download

Question

I have a GitHub repository and use another project as a submodule. This submodule is also in .gitmodules, the code below:

[submodule "inc/tha"]
    path = inc/tha
    url = git://github.com/zamoose/themehookalliance.git

See also in view on GitHub.

How can I make it so downloading my repository from GitHub will also include the files from the submodule?

Answer 1

This (include the submodule with a GitHub zip or tarball download: the Nodeload service) isn't currently supported, as mentioned in this thread.

This script revision would make the zip itself from a GitHub repo, including submodules, through multiple calls to https://nodeload.github.com/user/repo/zipball/branch.