From c2970631a5c4365efc2c5d4d3c40cd5feb905a88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:34:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add "--force" for git update // Issue #3060

---
 platformio/vcsclient.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platformio/vcsclient.py b/platformio/vcsclient.py
index 4267ef3c..56291966 100644
--- a/platformio/vcsclient.py
+++ b/platformio/vcsclient.py
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ class GitClient(VCSClientBase):
         assert self.run_cmd(args)
         if is_commit:
             assert self.run_cmd(["reset", "--hard", self.tag])
-            return self.run_cmd(["submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive"])
+            return self.run_cmd(
+                ["submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive", "--force"]
+            )
         return True
 
     def update(self):