BOOTSTRAP/SUBMODULES: Minor fix for libswd submodule. Placed git init/update in at the top of bootstrap file.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 01fd7ea5..3b4b4783 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Bootstrap script fetches external git submodules and run autotools.
+# Autotools create configure script and prepare Makefiles.
+
 # Abort execution on error
 set -e
 
-# Check if libtool is installed and what version.
-if which libtoolize > /dev/null; then
-    libtoolize="libtoolize"
-elif which glibtoolize >/dev/null; then
-    libtoolize="glibtoolize"
-else
-    echo "$0: Error: libtool is required" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Submodules are external libraries downloaded from remote git repositories.
 # To be build automaticaly with OpenOCD. Do we want to skip submodules?
 if [ "$1" = "nosubmodule" ]; then
@@ -31,6 +23,15 @@ else
     git submodule update
 fi
 
+# Check if libtool is installed and what version.
+if which libtoolize > /dev/null; then
+    libtoolize="libtoolize"
+elif which glibtoolize >/dev/null; then
+    libtoolize="glibtoolize"
+else
+    echo "$0: Error: libtool is required" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 # Bootstrap the autotools (create Makefie.in files and configure script).
 (
diff --git a/submodules/README b/submodules/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef92e1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Submodules are external utilities or libraries downloaded from external git
+repositories to be built with OpenOCD. Submodules are handled by bootstrap.