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# Remove the submodule entry from .git/config
git submodule deinit -f path/to/submodule
# Remove the entry in .gitmodules and remove the submodule directory located at path/to/submodule
git rm -f path/to/submodule
# Remove the submodule directory from the superproject's .git/modules directory
rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/submodule
#Remember to commit the remove change!
git commit -m "removed submodule"
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# Remove the submodule entry from .git/config
git submodule deinit -f path/to/submodule
# Remove the submodule directory from the superproject's .git/modules directory
rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/submodule
# Remove the entry in .gitmodules and remove the submodule directory located at path/to/submodule
git rm -f 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 "
Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule
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mv subfolder subfolder_tmp
git submodule deinit subfolder
git rm --cached subfolder
mv subfolder_tmp subfolder
git add subfolder
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# First go to the .gitmodules folder and delete the corresponding submodule
# This is what a submodule will look like in .gitmodules
[submodule "path/to/submodule"]
path = path/to/submodule
url = https://github.com/username/submodule-repo.git
# If that doesn't work, type the following
git rm --cached <submodule name>
# Then add, commit, and then push the code
removing submodule
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# Remove the submodule entry from .git/config
git submodule deinit -f path/to/submodule
# Remove the submodule directory from the superproject's .git/modules directory
rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/submodule
# Remove the entry in .gitmodules and remove the submodule directory located at path/to/submodule
git rm -f path/to/submodule
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Delete submolude:
1. "Git rm <path_to_submodule>"
2. "rm –rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>"
3. Remove the 3 submodule lines from the ".git/config" file
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Option 1.
Remove .gitmodules file from project
Option 2.
rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule
Remember to commit the remove change!