# Run \`git submodule sync\`

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186 "2019-01-25T20:48:28Z")
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186/1 "2019-01-25T20:48:28Z")

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If you run into problems with `git submodule update` when updating to paraview `master`, make sure you run `git submodule sync`. Then try again.

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### Author: ![Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andy_bauer/32/5442_2.png) [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186/2 "2019-01-25T21:45:22Z")

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Just curious – was that what was causing the issues with the dashboards recently?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186/3 "2019-01-25T21:51:46Z")

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I don’t think so. The builders run `git submodule sync`.