initialization

[tortinator]

It would be great if the submodules could be updated to the current version, eg when doing make init or alike

[rkaminsk]

This should probably be done in the paper template itself. It might be possible via an action. Would need some investigation.

[rkaminsk]

1. We could trigger a PR from the bibliography repository to update the submodule. There even is an action for this: https://github.com/releasehub-com/github-action-create-pr-parent-submodule. The downside is that this would probably create a lot of PRs.
2. We could also automate the whole process updating the submodule whenever the biblography changes. The following SO has some info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64407333/using-github-actions-to-automatically-update-the-repos-submodules.
3. Finally, extending the Makefile would also work. But in my opinion anyone who works with git should have the commands below in his fingers (or something similar). :)

git submodule foreach git fetch origin master
git submodule foreach git reset --hard origin/master

So, the second option to keep the paper template up to date might be a good idea. I personally don't use the Makefile because it just runs standard commands that are in my fingers. If you find it useful to add another target for the above commands, we could add it.