# Today I will... manage Git Submodules without leaving the IDE

DevFeed: [Today I will... manage Git Submodules without leaving the IDE](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/today-i-will-manage-git-submodules-without-leaving-the-ide-4003.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/managing-git-submodules-without-leaving-the-ide/>)

Author: Harshada Hole

Published: 2026-08-11T17:05:31Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-blog.md>)

Topics: [Visual Studio 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-2026.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [submodules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/submodules.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [visual-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-studio.md>), [visual-studio-2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-studio-2026.md>)

## AI overview

Visual Studio 18.9 adds integrated Git submodule management. Developers can view, add, update, remove, and optionally activate submodules from the IDE, with submodules read-only by default.

## Source excerpt

If you've worked with Git submodules for any length of time, you probably have a love-hate relationship with them. They're genuinely useful for pulling a shared library, an SDK, or common build scripts into your project. But actually working with them usually means tabbing over to a terminal and trying to remember whether it's git [...] The post Today I will... manage Git Submodules without leaving the IDE appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.