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--- git:git-full-remove-submodules [2024/05/28 14:27] – admin
+++ git:git-full-remove-submodules [2025/03/25 17:10] (current) – admin
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 url = https://github.com/user/submod.git
 </code>
-Remove git tracking of the submodul folder :
+Remove git tracking of the submodule folder, but keep the files :
 <code bash>
-git rm -r external/gits/submod
+git rm --cached -r external/gits/submod
 </code>
 Remove the submodule from git config (all variables are remove using section) :
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 git config --remove-section submodule.external/gits/submod
 </code>
-stage the changes in .gitmodules
+stage and commit the changes in .gitmodules
 <code bash>
 git add .gitmodules
+git commit -m "Remove submodule submod"
 </code>
+Remove the submodules from .git/modules
+<code bash>
+rm -rf .git/modules/external/gits/submod
+</code>
+Finally, push the changes to the remote repo
+<code bash>
+git push
+</code>
+Note that the files are still on the host, to remove them just use rm :
+<code bash>
+rm -rf external/gits/submod
+</code>