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delete a git submodule, since git 1.8.5.2
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delete_git_submodule.md

delete a git submodule, since git 1.8.5.2

from stackoverflow

# git rm the_submodule
# rm -rf .git/modules/the_submodule

If the second line isn't used, even if you removed the submodule for now, the remnant .git/modules/the_submodule folder will prevent the same submodule from being added back or replaced in the future. Also, git rm will do most of the job on a submodule.

The two commands (although functionally sufficient to remove a submodule), do leave a trace in the [submodule "the_submodule"] section of .git/config (as of July 2017), which can be removed using a third command:

# git config -f .git/config --remove-section submodule.the_submodule 2> /dev/null
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