[tbb-bugs] #26428 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Starting a stable Tor Browser build fails with `git submodule` error

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#26428: Starting a stable Tor Browser build fails with `git submodule` error
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 Reporter:  gk                             |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Immediate                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser       |        Version:
 Severity:  Blocker                        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-rbm, TorBrowserTeam201806  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by boklm):

 It seems that commit `3954e0b1e75d3a02ab959bc5e8e952948bb67d7e` is adding
 a submodule in directory `checkout`, but without adding corresponding
 infos to `.gitmodules`:
 {{{
 commit 3954e0b1e75d3a02ab959bc5e8e952948bb67d7e
 Author: William Budington <bill at eff.org>
 Date:   Wed Jun 13 15:46:49 2018 -0700

     Release: 2018.6.13

 diff --git a/checkout b/checkout
 new file mode 160000
 index 0000000..430ca8f
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/checkout
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +Subproject commit 430ca8f615f6b093f9fbaf63de8ab941538c49df
 }}}

 So this looks like something added by error.

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