# Git Submodules Evergreen uses [Git submodules](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules) to include shared frameworks. At this writing (June 2018) they are DB5, RSCore, RSWeb, RSTree, and RSParser. To add a submodule: git submodule add https://github.com/username/path (It’s unlikely you’ll need to do that. Adding a submodule is done super-rarely, if ever, and it’s Brent’s call.) To update a submodule — to get the latest changes: TBD I surely wish I knew how