QMK is only one repository I ever spend time working with, and it has some submodules. I find it annoying that they must be pulled each time I switch branches.

QMK is only one repository I ever spend time working with, and it has some submodules. I find it annoying that they must be pulled each time I switch branches. Should I look into changing them so that they at least point to a repository on my local machine instead of having to re-download from GitHub each time I want to create a new branch? Is that possible, and does anyone else do it?