Any workaround for SCM-530

Hi,

I'm importing external test resources as a git submodule (in
src/test/resources) and that makes release:perform fail because my test
doesn't find its data. This is because the git clone doesn't check the
submodules out.

Anyone would know (or imagine) a workaround? (as a last resort, I'll copy
the files rather then reference them)

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-530