diff --git a/home/git.nix b/home/git.nix
index 3afe4f6..6f9b05f 100644
--- a/home/git.nix
+++ b/home/git.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
         email = "duck@duckland.org";
         editor = "${pkgs.neovim}/bin/nvim";
       };
+      status = {
+        submoduleSummary = "true";
+        short = "true";
+      };
       user = {
         name = "Don Harper";
         email = "duck@duckland.org";