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  1. atriple revised this gist Jun 6, 2019. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
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    @@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ To remove a submodule you need to:
    - Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

    ## Alternatives :
    ``

    ```
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
    ``
    ```
  2. atriple revised this gist Jun 6, 2019. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
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    @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ To remove a submodule you need to:
    - Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

    ## Alternatives :
    ``
    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>
    ``
  3. atriple revised this gist Jun 6, 2019. 1 changed file with 7 additions and 1 deletion.
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    @@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ To remove a submodule you need to:
    - 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
    - Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

    ## Alternatives :
    git submodule deinit <path_to_submodule>
    git rm <path_to_submodule>
    git commit-m "Removed submodule "
    rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
  4. @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