Merge 110353ee6c into 2d7d9f7ff5

* Provide explanation for where user email came from

* bringing back the newline

README.md

@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "generated"
           git push
 ```
+*NOTE:* The user email is `{user.id}+{user.login}@users.noreply.github.com`. See users API: https://api.github.com/users/github-actions%5Bbot%5D
 
 # License
 

src/git-auth-helper.ts

@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
       }
     }
 
+    if (this.settings.submodules) {
       const pattern = regexpHelper.escape(configKey)
       await this.git.submoduleForeach(
         // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
@@ -372,3 +373,4 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
       )
     }
   }
+}