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JackieBinya / delete_git_submodule.md

Created September 5, 2022 04:58 — forked from myusuf3/delete_git_submodule.md

How effectively delete a git submodule.

To remove a submodule you need to:

Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Run rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Commit git commit -m "Removed submodule "
Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

JackieBinya / delete_git_submodule.md

Created September 5, 2022 04:58 — forked from myusuf3/delete_git_submodule.md

How effectively delete a git submodule.

To remove a submodule you need to:

Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Run rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Commit git commit -m "Removed submodule "
Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

JackieBinya / git_submodules.md

Created September 5, 2022 03:47 — forked from gitaarik/git_submodules.md

Git Submodules basic explanation

Why submodules?

In Git you can add a submodule to a repository. This is basically a repository embedded in your main repository. This can be very useful. A couple of advantages of using submodules:

You can separate the code into different repositories.