Add git submodule using sparse-checkout

commands.md

Clone project with history only

cd <main-project-folder>

git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --depth 1 --sparse <project-url>

Do sparse checkout

cd <folder-from-git-clone>

git sparse-checkout add <folder1> <folder2> ...

git checkout

Add to submodule

cd <main-project-folder>

git submodule add <project-url> <folder-from-git-clone>

You should see a message

Adding existing repo at '<folder-from-git-clone>' to the index

Updating submodule

git submodule update <folder-from-git-clone>

Reference

https://stackoverflow.com/a/63786181/529024