lint: convert submodule linter test to Python

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/test/lint/lint-submodule.py b/test/lint/lint-submodule.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..89d4c80f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lint/lint-submodule.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+"""
+This script checks for git modules
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+def main():
+    submodules_list = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'submodule', 'status', '--recursive'],
+                                                universal_newlines = True, encoding = 'utf8').rstrip('\n')
+    if submodules_list:
+        print("These submodules were found, delete them:\n", submodules_list)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-submodule.sh b/test/lint/lint-submodule.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d9aa021df7..0000000000
--- a/test/lint/lint-submodule.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-#
-# This script checks for git modules
-export LC_ALL=C
-EXIT_CODE=0
-
-CMD=$(git submodule status --recursive)
-if test -n "$CMD";
-then
-    echo These submodules were found, delete them:
-    echo "$CMD"
-    EXIT_CODE=1
-fi
-
-exit $EXIT_CODE
-