API Descriptions Update (#1940)

Author: Bashamega

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true  # Ensures submodules are cloned
+
+      
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true  # Ensures submodules are cloned
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"

.github/workflows/test_typescript.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true  # Ensures submodules are cloned
+
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"

.github/workflows/update-core-deps.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true  # Ensure submodules are checked out
+
+      - name: Update submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --remote
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "inputfiles/mdn"]
+	path = inputfiles/mdn
+	url = https://github.com/mdn/content.git

README.md

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ If you are familiar with Web IDL, you may also want to check whether the upstrea
 
 ## Input Files
 
-- `mdn/apiDescriptions.json`: a JSON file generated by fetching API descriptions from [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API). **Do not edit this file**.
 - `addedTypes.jsonc`: types that should exist but are missing from the spec data.
 - `overridingTypes.jsonc`: types that are defined in the spec but have TypeScript-friendly modifications in the json files.
 - `removedTypes.jsonc`: types that are defined in the spec but should be removed.