GIT

Git is one of the most common Version Control systems today.

Common Commands

Prune local branches

git remote update origin --prune

Submodules

Update all submodules after first checkout of repo

git submodule update --init --recursive

Update all submodules in subsequent commits

git submodule update --recursive --remote

Check out all submodules to main

git submodule foreach 'git checkout main'

Pull all submodules from origin

git submodule foreach git pull origin main

Remove a submodule from the repository

To remove a submodule you need to:

1. Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
2. Stage the .gitmodules changes:
   git add .gitmodules
3. Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
4. Remove the submodule files from the working tree and index:
   git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
5. Remove the submodule's .git directory:
   rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule
6. Commit the changes:
   git commit -m "Removed submodule <name>"
7. Delete the now untracked submodule files:
   rm -rf path_to_submodule