# Suggestion: git submodule remove 2 messages from 2015-04-10 to 2015-04-11. Participants: Konrád Lőrinczi, Jens Lehmann. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39044 ## Konrád Lőrinczi, 2015-04-10 11:33 Subject: Suggestion: git submodule remove Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABEDGg8Gos8UTi2U_xgMpx2dJtbtSNCCd2gRr_KR1qESB6gYYA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi GIT devs, I really miss the git submodule remove command. This should be handle all the tasks what are needed to remove a submodule. - Delete the relevant line from the .gitmodules file. - Delete the relevant section from .git/config. - Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash). - Delete the now untracked submodule files. These tasks should be handled automatically. Currently you can only remove a submodule manually, no way to do it automatically with one command. "Removing submodules" and "unsubmodule a submodule" are still a pain to do in GIT, even in v2.3.5. Please consider implementing the "git submodule remove" command. Thanks, Konrad Lorinczi ``` ## Jens Lehmann, 2015-04-11 12:15 Subject: Re: Suggestion: git submodule remove Message-ID: <5529106D.7050301@web.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5529106D.7050301%40web.de In-Reply-To: ``` Am 10.04.2015 um 13:33 schrieb Konrád Lőrinczi: > I really miss the > git submodule remove > command. > > This should be handle all the tasks what are needed to remove a submodule. > - Delete the relevant line from the .gitmodules file. > - Delete the relevant section from .git/config. > - Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash). > - Delete the now untracked submodule files. > > These tasks should be handled automatically. > Currently you can only remove a submodule manually, no way to do it > automatically with one command. > "Removing submodules" and "unsubmodule a submodule" are still a pain > to do in GIT, even in v2.3.5. "git rm " will remove a submodule from .gitmodules, the index and the work tree (but not from .git/config, that's what "git submodule deinit" is for). ```