Removing submodules

git-deinit-submodule.md

Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1260748/how-do-i-remove-a-git-submodule/16162000#16162000

git submodule deinit path/to/submodule    
git rm path/to/submodule

git-manual-remove-submodule.md

Based on

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1260748/how-do-i-remove-a-git-submodule/1260982#1260982
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1260748/how-do-i-remove-a-git-submodule/7646931#7646931

Delete the relevant section from .git/config:

git config -f .git/config --remove-section submodule.SUBMODULE_NAME

Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file:

git config -f .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.SUBMODULE_NAME

Stage the .gitmodules changes:

git add .gitmodules

Stage removal of the submodule:

git rm --cached path/to/submodule # N.B. no trailing slash

Remove files from the file system:

rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/submodule

Commit changes:

git commit -m 'Removed submodule SUBMODULE_NAME'

Delete the now untracked submodule files:

rm -rf path/to/submodule