diff --git a/src/add_new_submodule.sh b/src/add_new_submodule.sh
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--- a/src/add_new_submodule.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-function usage {
-    echo "usage: $0 repository-url [-cdh] [-b branch/tag]"
-    echo "  -b branch/tag    link to branch/tag"
-    echo "  -c               add module and generate commit"
-    echo "  -d               link to develop branch"
-    echo "  -h               display help"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
-    usage
-fi
-
-if [ `basename $PWD` != 'src' ]; then   
-    echo "ERROR: You must be in the vsn-pipelines src directory to run this script"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-unset BRANCH
-unset COMMIT
-declare -a ARGS
-
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]
-do
-    unset OPTIND
-    unset OPTARG
-    while getopts ':b:cdh' c
-    do
-    case $c in
-            b)  if [[ ! -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then
-                    echo "ERROR: Cannot specify -b and -d"
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-                BRANCH=$OPTARG
-                ;;
-            c)  COMMIT=true
-                ;;
-            d)  if [[ ! -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then
-                    echo "ERROR: Cannot specify -b and -d"
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-                BRANCH=develop
-                ;;
-            h)  usage
-                ;;
-            :)  echo "$0: -$OPTARG needs a value" >&2;
-                exit 1
-                ;;
-            \?) echo "$0: unknown option -$OPTARG" >&2;
-                exit 1
-                ;;
-        esac
-    done
-    shift $((OPTIND-1))
-    ARGS+=($1)
-    shift
-done
-
-URL=${ARGS[0]}
-REPO_NAME=`echo ${URL:0:-4} | sed 's!.*/!!'`
-
-if [[ $URL =~ http.*:\/\/github.com\/vib-singlecell-nf\/.*\.git ]]; then
-    echo "WARNING: ${URL} is a http(s) github repository! Using the the following SSH URL..."
-    URL=`echo ${URL} | sed 's!http.*github.com/!git@github.com:!'`
-    echo "    ${URL}"
-fi
-
-if [[ ! $URL =~ git@github.com:vib-singlecell-nf\/.*\.git ]]; then
-    echo "ERROR: ${URL} is not a valid SSH address for a vib-singlecell-nf github repository! "
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ ! -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then
-    echo "Adding requested submodule on ${BRANCH} branch..."
-    git submodule add --branch $BRANCH $URL
-else
-    echo "Adding requested submodule..."
-    git submodule add $URL
-fi
-
-echo "Updating submodules..."
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-
-if [[ $COMMIT == 'true' ]]; then
-    echo '-c passed. Adding module and commiting.'
-    git add ./${REPO_NAME}
-    git commit -m "Add ${REPO_NAME} submodule"
-fi
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