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Complete remove of git submoule
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remove_git_submodule.sh
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <submodule full name>"
exit 1
fi
MODULE_NAME=$1
MODULE_NAME_FOR_SED=$(echo $MODULE_NAME | sed -e 's/\//\\\//g')
cat .gitmodules | sed -ne "/^\[submodule \"$MODULE_NAME_FOR_SED\"/,/^\[submodule/!p" > .gitmodules.tmp
mv .gitmodules.tmp .gitmodules
git add .gitmodules
cat .git/config | sed -ne "/^\[submodule \"$MODULE_NAME_FOR_SED\"/,/^\[submodule/!p" > .git/config.tmp
mv .git/config.tmp .git/config
git rm --cached $MODULE_NAME
rm -rf .git/modules/$MODULE_NAME
rm -rf $MODULE_NAME
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steps from https://gist.github.com/myusuf3/7f645819ded92bda6677

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zx1986 commented Mar 7, 2019

nice!

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zhangyu911013 commented Jul 23, 2019 •
edited

nice script~but I find that when the submodule is the last in the .gitmodules file,the config isn't deleted correctly.
And I happened to find out another script that git provided works as well.

git config -f .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.$MODULE_NAME
git add .gitmodules
git config -f .git/config --remove-section submodule.$MODULE_NAME

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