Re: Git submodule remove

From: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
Date: Oct 21, 2021, 23:25 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHd-oW5PfygyNsRWGg4_W2pxR_HbePvguKRf-bK9RtY3cuAX9g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbl3ihu6l.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 7:47 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
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> > On 2021-10-21 at 17:25:38, Kalyan Sriram wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I was curious why git-submodule does not have an `rm` command. Currently
> >> I have to manually delete it from .gitmodules, .git/config,
> >> .git/modules/, etc. See [0].
> >>

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> I'd imagine that the happy-case implementation should be fairly
> straight-forward.  You would:
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>  - ensure that the submodule is "absorbed" already;
>
>  - run "git rm -f" the submodule to remove the gitlink from the index
>    and remove the directory from the working tree; and
>
>  - remove the .gitmodules entry for the submodule.

I think "git rm <submodule>" already does these three steps, doesn't it?