diff --git a/.github/actions/JamesIves-github-pages-deploy-action b/.github/actions/JamesIves-github-pages-deploy-action
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..4bcd9069769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/JamesIves-github-pages-deploy-action
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4bcd90697694c026f5bf40ee1e4ceed5b5c9fcf6
diff --git a/.github/actions/pre-commmit-action b/.github/actions/pre-commmit-action
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..0764670bf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/pre-commmit-action
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0764670bf370aab253130d534e1eda7ff497dc60
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6001a4e290a..0a19fc99be5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@
 [submodule "landing-pages/site/themes/docsy"]
     path = landing-pages/site/themes/docsy
     url = https://github.com/google/docsy.git
+
+[submodule ".github/actions/pre-commmit-action"]
+	path = .github/actions/pre-commmit-action
+	url = git@github.com:pre-commit/action.git
+[submodule ".github/actions/JamesIves-github-pages-deploy-action"]
+	path = .github/actions/JamesIves-github-pages-deploy-action
+	url = git@github.com:JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action.git
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2dd9a8f2671..3803d0d3032 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.1.7
     hooks:
       - id: forbid-tabs
+        exclude: ^\.gitmodules$
       - id: insert-license
         name: Add licence for all other files
         args: