Git Remove Submodule - ashish9342/FreeCodeCamp GitHub Wiki
Removing a submodule is useful when it is no longer required. The steps below outline the removal of a submodule.
- Delete the section referring to the submodule from the
.gitmodules
file - Stage the changes via
git add .gitmodules
- Delete the relevant section of the submodule from
.git/config
. - Run
git rm --cached path_to_submodule
(no trailing slash) - Run
rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule
- Commit the changes with ```git commit -m "Removed submodule "
- Delete the now untracked submodule files
rm -rf path_to_submodule