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diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh b/src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Set the SKIP_JOB environment variable if this job is supposed to only run
+# when submodules are updated and they were not. The following time consuming
+# tasks will be skipped when the environment variable is present.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../shared.sh"
+
+if [[ -z "${CI_ONLY_WHEN_SUBMODULES_CHANGED+x}" ]]; then
+    echo "Executing the job since there is no skip rule in effect"
+elif git diff HEAD^ | grep "^index .* 160000" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Submodules pseudo-files inside git have the 160000 permissions, so when
+    # those files are present in the diff a submodule was updated.
+    echo "Executing the job since submodules are updated"
+else
+    echo "Not executing this job since no submodules were updated"
+    ciCommandSetEnv SKIP_JOB 1
+fi