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+<#
+  .SYNOPSIS
+  Downloads the Git modules specified in ../.gitmodules
+
+  .DESCRIPTION
+  Parses and downloads the Github repositories specified in the .gitmodules file
+
+  .EXAMPLE
+  PS> .\Get-GitModules.ps1
+  < Downloads and parses the repositories in the .gitmodules file. >
+#>
+
+#------- Variables -------------------------------------------------------------
+[String] $PathRegex   = "path\s*=\s*(?<path>.*)"
+[String] $URLRegex    = "url\s*=\s*(?<url>.*)" 
+[String] $BranchRegex = "branch\s*=\s*(?<Branch>.*)"
+
+#------- Script ----------------------------------------------------------------
+foreach ($Line in Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\..\.gitmodules) {
+    if ($Line -match $PathRegex) {
+        $Match  = Select-String -InputObject $Line -Pattern $PathRegex
+        $Path   = $Match.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value
+    }
+    elseif ($Line -match $URLRegex) {
+        $Match  = Select-String -InputObject $Line -Pattern $URLRegex
+        $URL    = $Match.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value
+    }
+    elseif ($Line -match $BranchRegex) {
+        $Match  = Select-String -InputObject $Line -Pattern $BranchRegex
+        $Branch = $Match.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value
+        
+        Write-Host "git clone $URL $Path -b $Branch --recursive" `
+            -ForegroundColor Blue
+        git clone $URL $PSScriptRoot/../$Path -b $Branch --recursive
+    }
+}