Merge commit 'refs/pull/51111/head' of github.com:Microsoft/vscode into pr/51111

extensions/git/src/model.ts

@@ -242,12 +242,15 @@ export class Model {
 		const changeListener = repository.onDidChangeRepository(uri => this._onDidChangeRepository.fire({ repository, uri }));
 		const originalResourceChangeListener = repository.onDidChangeOriginalResource(uri => this._onDidChangeOriginalResource.fire({ repository, uri }));
 
+		const detectSubmodules = workspace
+			.getConfiguration('git', Uri.file(repository.root))
+			.get<boolean>('detectSubmodules') as boolean;
 		const submodulesLimit = workspace
 			.getConfiguration('git', Uri.file(repository.root))
 			.get<number>('detectSubmodulesLimit') as number;
 
 		const checkForSubmodules = () => {
-			if (repository.submodules.length > submodulesLimit) {
+			if (detectSubmodules && repository.submodules.length > submodulesLimit) {
 				window.showWarningMessage(localize('too many submodules', "The '{0}' repository has {1} submodules which won't be opened automatically. You can still open each one individually by opening a file within.", path.basename(repository.root), repository.submodules.length));
 				statusListener.dispose();
 			}