Squashed commit of the following:

commit 990d86d481
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 18 10:43:22 2026 -0400

    flake: update-common

commit 526cb157fd
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 17:56:40 2026 -0400

    i18n: update sync scrirpt for dank-qml-common

commit 92ba96d9f9
Author: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 16 09:24:37 2026 -0400

    qs: integrate with dank-qml-common

core/cmd/dms/commands_features.go

@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ func updateOtherDistros() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch changes: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := updateSubmodules(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update submodules: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	if currentTag != "" {
 		latestTagCmd := exec.Command("git", "tag", "-l", "v*", "--sort=-version:refname")
 		latestTagOutput, err := latestTagCmd.Output()
@@ -291,6 +295,10 @@ func updateOtherDistros() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("update cancelled")
 		}
 
+		if err := updateSubmodules(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update submodules: %w", err)
+		}
+
 		fmt.Printf("\nUpdate complete! Updated from %s to %s\n", currentTag, latestTag)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -320,10 +328,21 @@ func updateOtherDistros() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("update cancelled")
 	}
 
+	if err := updateSubmodules(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update submodules: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	fmt.Println("\nUpdate complete!")
 	return nil
 }
 
+func updateSubmodules() error {
+	submoduleCmd := exec.Command("git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive")
+	submoduleCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	submoduleCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return submoduleCmd.Run()
+}
+
 func offerReclone(dmsPath string) bool {
 	fmt.Println("\nWould you like to backup and re-clone the repository? (y/N): ")
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
@@ -342,7 +361,7 @@ func offerReclone(dmsPath string) bool {
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Cloning fresh copy...")
-	cloneCmd := exec.Command("git", "clone", "https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell.git", dmsPath)
+	cloneCmd := exec.Command("git", "clone", "--recurse-submodules", "https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell.git", dmsPath)
 	cloneCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cloneCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	if err := cloneCmd.Run(); err != nil {

core/internal/distros/manual_packages.go

@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installDankMaterialShell(ctx context.Context, v
 			Progress:    0.90,
 			Step:        "Cloning DankMaterialShell...",
 			IsComplete:  false,
-			CommandInfo: "git clone https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell.git",
+			CommandInfo: "git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell.git",
 		}
 
 		configDir := filepath.Dir(dmsPath)
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installDankMaterialShell(ctx context.Context, v
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create quickshell config directory: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		cloneCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "git", "clone",
+		cloneCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "git", "clone", "--recurse-submodules",
 			"https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell.git", dmsPath)
 		if err := cloneCmd.Run(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to clone DankMaterialShell: %w", err)
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installDankMaterialShell(ctx context.Context, v
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		m.syncDMSSubmodules(ctx, dmsPath)
+
 		m.log(fmt.Sprintf("Checked out latest tag: %s", latestTag))
 		m.log("DankMaterialShell cloned successfully")
 		return nil
@@ -591,6 +593,8 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installDankMaterialShell(ctx context.Context, v
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		m.syncDMSSubmodules(ctx, dmsPath)
+
 		m.log("DankMaterialShell updated successfully (git variant)")
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -609,10 +613,19 @@ func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installDankMaterialShell(ctx context.Context, v
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	m.syncDMSSubmodules(ctx, dmsPath)
+
 	m.log(fmt.Sprintf("Updated to tag: %s", latestTag))
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) syncDMSSubmodules(ctx context.Context, dmsPath string) {
+	submoduleCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "git", "-C", dmsPath, "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive")
+	if err := submoduleCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		m.logError("Failed to update submodules", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *ManualPackageInstaller) installXwaylandSatellite(ctx context.Context, sudoPassword string, progressChan chan<- InstallProgressMsg) error {
 	m.log("Installing xwayland-satellite from source...")