From 86a250f188cccd0a86adb8b4bf7c748e3c65f182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: defiQUG <defi@defi-oracle.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 22:48:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scripts): surgical-clean honors submodules with .git file
 (gitdir pointer)

Made-with: Cursor
---
 scripts/maintenance/surgical-clean-submodule-artifacts.sh | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/maintenance/surgical-clean-submodule-artifacts.sh b/scripts/maintenance/surgical-clean-submodule-artifacts.sh
index 7d04cd5..2fe68ee 100755
--- a/scripts/maintenance/surgical-clean-submodule-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/maintenance/surgical-clean-submodule-artifacts.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ log() { echo "[surgical-clean] $*"; }
 
 clean_the_order() {
   local sub="$ROOT/the-order"
-  [[ -d "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
+  [[ -e "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
   log "the-order: ensure .gitignore rules for packages/**/src emit"
   if $DRY; then
     grep -q 'packages/\*\*/src/\*\*' "$sub/.gitignore" 2>/dev/null && log "  (gitignore already has package src emit rules)"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ clean_the_order() {
 
 clean_smom() {
   local sub="$ROOT/smom-dbis-138"
-  [[ -d "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
+  [[ -e "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
   local n
   n=$(git -C "$sub" ls-files 2>/dev/null | grep -c '^artifacts/' || true)
   if [[ "${n:-0}" -eq 0 ]]; then
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ clean_smom() {
 
 clean_metamask_integration() {
   local sub="$ROOT/metamask-integration"
-  [[ -d "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
+  [[ -e "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
   log "metamask-integration: ensure root .gitignore has dist/"
   if ! $DRY && [[ -f "$sub/.gitignore" ]] && ! grep -qE '^dist/?$' "$sub/.gitignore" 2>/dev/null; then
     log "  WARN: add dist/ to metamask-integration/.gitignore (tsc outDir)"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ clean_metamask_integration() {
 
 clean_miracles_in_motion() {
   local sub="$ROOT/miracles_in_motion"
-  [[ -d "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
+  [[ -e "$sub/.git" ]] || return 0
   local files
   files=$(git -C "$sub" ls-files 2>/dev/null | grep '^api/deploy-package/' | grep -vE '(host\.json|package\.json)$' || true)
   if [[ -z "${files// }" ]]; then