If I have a git project Consumer with a git submodule repo called Producer, is there any way to keep the commit history from the submodule (Producer) seperate from the containing git repo (Consumer)?
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By definition, a submodule allows you to keep it separate from its parent repo.
Consumer would record a gitlink (special entry in its index) to Producer, that is a fixed SHA1.
Even if you instruct that submodule to "follow" a branch, a checkout of Consumer will not immediately update Producer (a separate git submodule update --remote is needed)
A submodule is there to allow a repo to reference another repo at a fixed point in the submodule repo history (see "true nature of submodules")
