diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 26eafd9..a262bb9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "modules/stdlib"]
 	path = modules/stdlib
 	url = https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib
+[submodule "modules/git"]
+	path = modules/git
+	url = https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-git
diff --git a/config/gitignore_global b/modules/config/files/gitignore_global
similarity index 100%
rename from config/gitignore_global
rename to modules/config/files/gitignore_global
diff --git a/modules/config/manifests/init.pp b/modules/config/manifests/init.pp
index 4345fdc..caa19ef 100644
--- a/modules/config/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/config/manifests/init.pp
@@ -18,4 +18,16 @@ class config {
     mode => "0644",
     source => 'puppet:///modules/config/uniemoji.json'
   }
+
+  file { '/home/jake/.gitignore_global':
+    ensure => file,
+    mode => "0644",
+    source => 'puppet:///modules/config/gitignore_global'
+  }
+
+  git::config { "global ignore" :
+    key => 'core.excludesfile',
+    value => '/home/jake/.gitignore_global',
+    user => "jake"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/git b/modules/git
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4e4498e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/git
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4e4498e3db218cefc27e40b7eb4e442177ccab28