From f4ee98e964ef8d96c9d2f8c7b3b43d9295132ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DavidNew-NOAA <david.new@noaa.gov>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 18:38:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bug fix

---
 ush/submodules/update_develop.sh | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ush/submodules/update_develop.sh b/ush/submodules/update_develop.sh
index 799c468b3..4d94f256d 100755
--- a/ush/submodules/update_develop.sh
+++ b/ush/submodules/update_develop.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 # update specified repositories to most recent develop hash
 
 # submodules not to be updated
-excluded_repos=()
-#excluded_repos=("parm/jcb-gdas") # example
+excluded_repos="
+sorc/crtm
+sorc/jedicmake
+sorc/gsw
+sorc/fv3-jedi-lm
+sorc/femps
+sorc/icepack
+"
 
 # get list of all submodules
 repos=$(git submodule --quiet foreach 'echo $name')
@@ -18,7 +24,15 @@ git submodule update --init --no-fetch
 
 # update submodules to develop
 for r in $repos; do
-    if [[ ! "${excluded_repos[@]}" =~ "${r}" ]]; then
+    # Check if submodule is meant to be exclude from update
+    exclude=0
+    for er in $excluded_repos; do
+        if [[ "${er}" == "${r}" ]]; then
+            exclude=1
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    if [[ $exclude == 0 ]]; then
       cd ${gdasdir}
         
       # Update each submodule to develop on its respective remote repo