devtool modify go-helloworld fails with Traceback (most recent call last): File "/mnt/build/poky/scripts/devtool", line 350, in <module> ret = main() ^^^^^^ File "/mnt/build/poky/scripts/devtool", line 337, in main ret = args.func(args, config, basepath, workspace) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/mnt/build/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py", line 907, in modify (stdout, _) = bb.process.run('git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive \'echo `git rev-parse devtool-base` $PWD\'', cwd=srctree) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/mnt/build/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/process.py", line 189, in run raise ExecutionError(cmd, pipe.returncode, stdout, stderr) bb.process.ExecutionError: Execution of 'git submodule --quiet foreach --recursive 'echo `git rev-parse devtool-base` $PWD'' failed with exit code 128: fatal: No url found for submodule path 'src/golang.org/x/example' in .gitmodules This was not the case on nanbield, I think it's changes introduced in OE-Core 900129cbdf25297a42ab5dbd02d1adbea405c935 devtool: add support for git submodules which collides with the source dir path manipulation from go.bbclass.
While there is a somewhat substandard patch merged on master to address this bug, it really needs a test case and likely some polishing before being backported.
This was resolved, as Randy mentioned a patch was merged to master back in 2024.