#include "rerere.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
        "git commit [options] [--] <filepattern>...",
                status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN;
 
        wt_status_prepare(&s);
+       gitmodules_config();
        git_config(git_status_config, &s);
        in_merge = file_exists(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,