deleteSubmodule.sh

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ git submodule deinit gitBasics
Cleared directory 'gitBasics'
Submodule 'gitBasics' (git@github.com:anjanashankar9/gitBasics.git) unregistered for path 'gitBasics'

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ git st
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
nothing to commit, working tree clean

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ git rm gitBasics/
rm 'gitBasics'

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ git st
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
	modified:   .gitmodules
	deleted:    gitBasics

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ cat .gitmodules 
users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ ls
README.md

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ rm -rf .git/modules/gitBasics/

users-MacBook-Air:GitAdvanced $ git commit -m"Removed Submodule"
[master baa3526] Removed Submodule
 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 160000 gitBasics