try to use another workflow file

.github/workflows/updateSubmodules.yml

@@ -1,36 +1,23 @@
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64407333/using-github-actions-to-automatically-update-the-repos-submodules
-name: 'Submodules Sync'
-
-on:
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab or through HTTP API
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
+# source: https://gist.github.com/Supercip971/467846d7b12444275dbb4ac71cc192c4
+name: update all submodules
+on: workflow_dispatch
 jobs:
-  sync:
-    name: 'Submodules Sync'
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    # Use the Bash shell regardless whether the GitHub Actions runner is ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, or windows-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-
     steps:
-    # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
-        submodules: false
-
-    # Update references
-    - name: Git Sumbodule Update
+        persist-credentials: false
+        fetch-depth: 0 
+    - name: Submodule update
       run: |
-        git submodule update --init --recursive
-        git submodule update --recursive --remote
-
-    - name: Commit update
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name 'GitHub bot'
-        git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
-        git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-        git commit -am "Auto updated submodule" && git push || echo "No changes to commit"
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update --remote --merge
+        git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+        git commit -m "update submodule" -a
+    - name: Push changes
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        branch: ${{ github.ref }}