--- a/tests/test-convert-git.t	Mon Aug 24 19:33:36 2015 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-convert-git.t	Mon Aug 24 22:16:01 2015 -0700
@@ -652,6 +652,12 @@
   $ hg -R git-repo6-hg tip -T "{file_dels}\n"
   .hgsub .hgsubstate
 
+skip submodules in the conversion
+
+  $ hg convert -q git-repo6 no-submodules --config convert.git.skipsubmodules=True
+  $ hg -R no-submodules manifest --all
+  .gitmodules-renamed
+
 convert using a different remote prefix
   $ git init git-repo7
   Initialized empty Git repository in $TESTTMP/git-repo7/.git/