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 update_submodules(cls, location):
        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(location, '.gitmodules')):
            return
        cls.run_command(
            ['submodule', 'update', '--init', '--recursive', '-q'],
            cwd=location,
        )