1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index d152cf4..0079437 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1236,10 +1236,7 @@ pkg_fetch() {
             if [ -w "$PWD" ] && [ "$uid" != 0 ]; then
                 git fetch
                 git merge
-                ! [ -e .gitmodules ] || {
-                    git submodule init
-                    git submodule update
-                }
+                git submodule update --remote --init -f
 
             else
                 [ "$uid" = 0 ] || log "$PWD" "Need root to update"
@@ -1259,15 +1256,14 @@ pkg_fetch() {
                     [ "$user" = root ] ||
                         log "Dropping permissions to $user for pull"
 
-                    case $su in
-                        su) "$su" -c "git fetch && git merge && { ! [ -e .gitmodules ] || { git submodule init ; git submodule update ;} ;}" "$user" ;;
-                         *) "$su" -u "$user" git fetch
-                            "$su" -u "$user" git merge
-                            ! [ -e .gitmodules ] || {
-                                "$su" -u "$user" git submodule init
-                                "$su" -u "$user" git submodule update
-                            }
-                    esac
+                    git_cmd="git fetch && git merge && git submodule update --remote --init -f"
+                    case $su in *su) git_cmd="'$git_cmd'"; esac
+
+                    # Spawn a subshell to run multiple commands as
+                    # root at once. This makes things easier on users
+                    # who aren't using persist/timestamps for auth
+                    # caching.
+                    user=$user as_root sh -c "$git_cmd"
                 )
             fi
         }