# COPY instruction different behavior with build server / resin cli **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [June 18, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337 "2018-06-18T07:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jalim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jalim/32/1021_2.png) [@jalim](https://forums.balena.io/u/jalim)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/1 "2018-06-18T07:48:37Z")
Hi, Currently I have several git submodules in my root directory, and want to copy this into the container. The docker instruction is as the following ``` COPY dir1/src /usr/dir1/src ``` Where the submodules lie inside the /dir1/src directory. However, when I do `git push` to the resin app remote, the submodule directories exists, but the contents are empty. However, when I do ``` sudo resin deploy --build . ``` The `COPY` instructions work fine and the contents of the git submodules are copied properly. Does this issue have something to do with the resin build server? Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![dfunckt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dfunckt/32/56_2.png) [@dfunckt](https://forums.balena.io/u/dfunckt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/3 "2018-06-18T08:44:17Z")
Hello @jalim, that’s because the builder doesn’t support submodules currently, so when you git push you only send the “umbrella” repository, not its submodules, so there are no files under `dir1/src`. The CLI doesn’t have any idea of git and merely builds what’s locally on the filesystem, hence you’re seeing it working fine. ---
**Author:** ![jalim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jalim/32/1021_2.png) [@jalim](https://forums.balena.io/u/jalim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/6 "2018-06-19T09:00:44Z")
@dfunckt Thanks, that clarifies what was happening. If the builder doesn’t support it currently, are there any plans on supporting it? ---
**Author:** ![dfunckt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dfunckt/32/56_2.png) [@dfunckt](https://forums.balena.io/u/dfunckt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/7 "2018-06-19T09:15:27Z")
@jalim, the reasons submodules aren’t supported on the builder are mostly related to how git works and there are no plans that I know of to support it. That said, you can use `resin push` to replace the `git push` workflow completely. This command does support submodules and uses the builder and supports some other goodies as well. ---
**Author:** ![jalim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jalim/32/1021_2.png) [@jalim](https://forums.balena.io/u/jalim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/8 "2018-06-19T09:33:46Z")
@dfunckt Great thanks ---
**Author:** ![jalim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jalim/32/1021_2.png) [@jalim](https://forums.balena.io/u/jalim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/9 "2018-06-19T17:18:10Z")
@dfunckt Speaking of `resin push` There are no documentation on this command and currently it stalls on ``` $ sudo resin push auterion_distro_nuc Packaging the project source.... ``` Are there any pointers for solving this issue? ---
**Author:** ![CameronDiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@CameronDiver](https://forums.balena.io/u/CameronDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/10 "2018-06-19T18:27:47Z")
@jalim you would see that behaviour if your project source directory is extremely large. At that step `resin-cli` is packaging all of the files which are in your project directory into a tar archive, to upload to our build servers. How large is your project directory? ---
**Author:** ![CameronDiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@CameronDiver](https://forums.balena.io/u/CameronDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/11 "2018-06-19T18:32:47Z")
Also, `sudo` is not required for `resin push`. You can access the documentation for this command with: ```auto ➜ ~ resin help push Usage: push This command can be used to start a build on the remote resin.io cloud builders. The given source directory will be sent to the resin.io builder, and the build will proceed. This can be used as a drop-in replacement for git push to deploy. Examples: $ resin push myApp $ resin push myApp --source $ resin push myApp -s Options: --source, -s The source that should be sent to the resin builder to be built (defaults to the current directory) ``` ---
**Author:** ![jalim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jalim/32/1021_2.png) [@jalim](https://forums.balena.io/u/jalim)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/12 "2018-06-20T07:33:41Z")
@CameronDiver I have been trying to push my repo but for 30 minutes, it is still on the status as below. ``` Packaging the project source.... ``` My source directory is 4.9MB The behavior is quite different when I don’t initialize the git submodules in my source directory: It pushes right away ---
**Author:** ![CameronDiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@CameronDiver](https://forums.balena.io/u/CameronDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/copy-instruction-different-behavior-with-build-server-resin-cli/3337/13 "2018-06-20T09:01:45Z")
@jalim Is your source directory still 4.9Mb after checking out the submodules?