From 3d178ec3387774d5312cf861f2cb079a9856d88f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crueter <crueter@eden-emu.dev>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 15:25:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [cmake] check if submodule dir is empty

Signed-off-by: crueter <crueter@eden-emu.dev>
---
 CMakeLists.txt | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f775cdf87b..c6feab7206 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ function(check_submodules_present)
     string(REGEX MATCHALL "path *= *[^ \t\r\n]*" gitmodules ${gitmodules})
     foreach(module ${gitmodules})
         string(REGEX REPLACE "path *= *" "" module ${module})
-        if (NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${module}/.git")
+
+        file(GLOB RESULT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${module}/")
+        list(LENGTH RESULT RES_LEN)
+        if(RES_LEN EQUAL 0)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Git submodule ${module} not found. "
                 "Please run: \ngit submodule update --init --recursive")
         endif()