Issue with removing a git submodule
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Solution
You need to `rm -rf` without the git:
rm -rf vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets
Then you can deinit the submodule:
git submodule deinit vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets
Problem
I have a question regarding removing git submodules. I'm organizing my config files and vim bundles using git, with the vim bundles as submodules. Now I'm trying to remove a submodule (per the instructions here, but I'm not succeeding. ``` --git submodule deinit -f vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets Submodule work tree 'vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets' contains a .git directory (use 'rm -rf' if you really want to remove it including all of its history) ``` So I try `rm -rf`... ``` --git rm -rf vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets error: the following submodule (or one of its nested submodules) uses a .git directory: vim/bundle/snipmate-snippets (use 'rm -rf' if you really want to remove it including all of its history) ``` What is it that I'm doing wrong? Obviously just doing `rm -rf` like git is telling me to won't be good enough since the submodule entries in the .gitmodules file will stay. Thanks.