30-seconds-of-code/snippets/delete-submodule.md

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Delete a submodule	repository,submodule	advanced	chalarangelo	blog_images/silver-flat-screen.jpg	2021-04-08T20:05:15+03:00	2021-04-13T21:10:59+03:00

Deletes a submodule from the repository.

• Use git submodule deinit -f -- <submodule> to unregister the specified <submodule>.
• Use rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule> to remove the directory of the submodule.
• Use git rm -f <submodule> to remove the working tree of the submodule.

git submodule deinit -f -- <submodule>
rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule>
git rm -f <submodule>

git submodule deinit -f -- 30code
rm -rf .git/modules/30code
git rm -f 30code
# Removes the `30code` submodule