Thanks this was it
polar@polar-MS-7699:~/openplicods/openembedded$ git submodule init
Submodule 'recipes/e2openplugins' () registered for path 'recipes/e2openplugins'
polar@polar-MS-7699:~/openplicods/openembedded$ git pull
Already up-to-date.
polar@polar-MS-7699:~/openplicods/openembedded$ git submodule update
Cloning into 'recipes/e2openplugins'...
remote: Reusing existing pack: 371, done.
remote: Total 371 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (371/371), 53.46 KiB, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (190/190), done.
Submodule path 'recipes/e2openplugins': checked out 'afbfae218afb6b7202dc5a0bddee6ed6006cb136'
polar@polar-MS-7699:~/openplicods/openembedded$
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 3482 tasks of which 3402 didn't need to be rerun and 0 failed.
polar@polar-MS-7699:~/openplicods$