[tor-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     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  tbb-rbm,
     Severity:  Blocker              |  TorBrowserTeam201806
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 For some reason fetching git submodules for HTTPS-Everywhere fails now
 with
 {{{
 Error: Error running git submodule update:
 fatal: No url found for submodule path 'checkout' in .gitmodules

 Makefile:6: recipe for target 'release' failed
 make: *** [release] Error 1
 }}}
 if I test starting a build with `tbb-7.5.6-build1`. Setting
 `git_submodule: 0` "resolves" this.

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