The Borg assimilate Emacs packages as Git submodules. Borg is an alternative, bare-bones package manager for Emacs packages. Please consult the manual for more information: https://www.emacsmirror.net/manual/borg. Borg can be used by itself or alongside `package.el'. In the latter case Borg itself should be installed from Melpa, which is still experimental and not yet covered in the manual. See https://github.com/emacscollective/borg/issues/46 for now.