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+#!/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
+