def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
        self._smref: Union['ReferenceType[Submodule]', None] = None
        self._index = None
        self._auto_write = True
        super(SubmoduleConfigParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)