def clean_semver(cls, version_spec):
        return re.sub(r"([<>=~])\s+?v?", "\\1", version_spec, re.IGNORECASE)
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)