# checkout every submodule
$GIT submodule update --remote --rebase || echo "error during checkout of submodules" >> $ERROR_LOG
+# we grab the module's version numbers before deleting everything git related
+sh GRAB_VERSION.sh $SRCDIR
+
# we are done with git, so let's cleanup from all the unwanted git folders and files
find . -name '.git*' -mindepth 1 -exec rm -rfv '{}' \; || echo "error during removal of git files from source" >> $ERROR_LOG