Merge pull request #5215 from Mordax/issue-5142

Removes mention of submodules from docs and build scripts

appveyor.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ install:
         $fileContent += "`n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`n";
         Set-Content c:\users\appveyor\.ssh\id_rsa $fileContent
         }
-    - git submodule update --init --recursive
     - ps: $prerelease = "nightly."
     - ps: $prerelease += Get-Date -format "yyyy.M.d"
     - ps: if($env:appveyor_repo_branch -eq 'release') { Set-Content prerelease.txt $null } else { Set-Content prerelease.txt $prerelease }

docs/installing-solidity.rst

@@ -245,12 +245,6 @@ you should fork Solidity and add your personal fork as a second remote:
 
     git remote add personal git@github.com:[username]/solidity.git
 
-Solidity has git submodules.  Ensure they are properly loaded:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   git submodule update --init --recursive
-
 External Dependencies
 ---------------------
 

scripts/create_source_tarball.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$0")"/..
     mkdir "$SOLDIR"
     # Store the current source
     git checkout-index -a --prefix="$SOLDIR"
-    git submodule foreach 'git checkout-index -a --prefix="'"$SOLDIR"'/$path/"'
     # Store the commit hash
     echo "$commithash" > "$SOLDIR/commit_hash.txt"
     if [ -e prerelease.txt -a ! -s prerelease.txt ]