Hello,
I recently encountered a situation where a user wanted to remove a submodule
from a repository. Searching the mail archive, I found this thread
[1], but it does
not appear that it was ever followed up.
The Git Submodule Tutorial [2] has instructions for removing submodules, but it
seems natural to teach git how to "submodule rm".
This change would require git-submodule.sh to:
1. Modify the .gitmodules file (remove the entry for the submodule).
2. Modify the .git/config file (remove the entry for the submodule).
3. Delete the newly untracked files.
Another option to consider would be a "submodule rm --cached" option which would
keep the newly untracked files. However, with this option, I believe
it should still
descend into the submodule directory to remove the leftover submodule
".git" folder.
Is there another way of doing this? If not, does this sound like a
reasonable change?
Thanks,
Tim Henigan
[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/101610/match=submodule+remove
[2] http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSubmoduleTutorial
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