Use shallow=true and canonical .git URLs in .gitmodules - #422
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It's about 2x more common on GitHub (.git vs not), to use the .git approach, and Gemini describes some advantages (HTTP redirects, full robustness, ...)
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/gitmodules.5.html
shallow=trueshould also be preferable to avoid requiring a full checkout of the repos' histories unless there's a strong need for it.