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  1. TheWiresharkGuy revised this gist May 4, 2021. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    ```
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit -m "Removed submodule "
    git commit -m "Removed submodule"
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
    ```
  2. TheWiresharkGuy revised this gist May 4, 2021. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    ```
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    git commit -m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
    ```
  3. TheWiresharkGuy revised this gist Apr 26, 2021. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 3 deletions.
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    To remove a submodule you need to:
    **To remove a submodule you need to:**

    """git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    ```
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>"""
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
    ```
  4. TheWiresharkGuy revised this gist Apr 26, 2021. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
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    To remove a submodule you need to:

    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    """git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>"""
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    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 <name>"
    - Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
  6. @myusuf3 myusuf3 created this gist Nov 3, 2014.
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    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 <name>"
    - Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule