Improved Support for Submodules in the Repository Contents API

When you view a repository with a submodule on github.com, you get useful links and information for the submodule.

Today we're making that data available in the Repository Contents API.

curl https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contents/test/qunit
{
  "name": "qunit",
  "path": "test/qunit",
  "type": "submodule",
 "submodule_git_url": "git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git",
 "sha": "6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
 "size": 0,
 "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contents/test/qunit?ref=master",
 "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/qunit/git/trees/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
 "html_url": "https://github.com/jquery/qunit/tree/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
 "_links": {
   "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contents/test/qunit?ref=master",
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/qunit/git/trees/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
    "html": "https://github.com/jquery/qunit/tree/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9"
  }
}

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