Deploy repos with nested submodules

fabfile.py

from fabric.api import *


def deep_snd(path_to_repo):

    if path_to_repo[0] != '/':
        path_to_repo = local("readlink -f {}".format(path_to_repo), capture=True)

    dirs = local("find {} -name .gitmodules".format(path_to_repo), capture=True)
    dirs =  [x.rstrip(".gitmodules") for x in dirs.split()]

    with lcd(path_to_repo):
        local("git pull")

    for d in dirs:
        with lcd(d):
            local("git submodule init")
            local("git submodule update")