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    Removing a Git Submodule

Removing a submodule is useful when no longer required, follow the steps below:

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


Run:

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


Commit the changes:

git commit -m "Removed Submodule"


Delete the now untracked dangling submodule files

rm -rf path/to/submodule