[root@localhost submodule-test]# cat .gitmodules
[submodule "devops-utils"]
        path = devops-utils
        url = https://<...url...>/devops-utils.git
[root@localhost submodule-test]# cat .gitmodules
[submodule "devops-utils"]
        path = devops-utils
        url = https://<...url...>/devops-utils.git

[root@localhost submodule-test]# cat .git/config
[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
[submodule "devops-utils"]
        url = https://<...url...>/devops-utils.git
        active = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = https://<...url...>/submodule-test.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/master

[root@localhost submodule-test]# ls -la
total 8
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root   54 Aug  4 11:27 .
dr-xr-x---. 20 root root 4096 Aug  3 16:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x.  9 root root  216 Aug  4 12:20 .git
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  115 Aug  3 17:43 .gitmodules
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    0 Aug  3 16:28 README.md