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  1. mikemahony revised this gist Jul 3, 2025. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ git remote add submodule_origin git://url/to/submodule/origin
    git fetch submodule_origin

    # Start a fake merge (won't change any files, won't commit anything)
    git merge -s ours --no-commit submodule_origin/master
    git merge -s ours --no-commit --allow-unrelated-histories submodule_origin/master

    # Do the same as in the first solution
    git rm --cached submodule_path # delete reference to submodule HEAD
  2. Ryan Muller created this gist May 5, 2016.
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    From [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1759587/un-submodule-a-git-submodule).

    ```shell
    # Fetch the submodule commits into the main repository
    git remote add submodule_origin git://url/to/submodule/origin
    git fetch submodule_origin

    # Start a fake merge (won't change any files, won't commit anything)
    git merge -s ours --no-commit submodule_origin/master

    # Do the same as in the first solution
    git rm --cached submodule_path # delete reference to submodule HEAD
    git rm .gitmodules # if you have more than one submodules,
    # you need to edit this file instead of deleting!
    rm -rf submodule_path/.git # make sure you have backup!!
    git add submodule_path # will add files instead of commit reference

    # Commit and cleanup
    git commit -m "removed submodule"
    git remote rm submodule_origin
    ```