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Removing subproject commit from github

I have two repositories namely A and B. By mistake I cloned repo B inside A on my machine. I removed all the code from the repo B but when I pushed and merged my code from A on origin, it also shows a subproject commit B on Github repo.

I want to remove the subproject commit from my master on origin. Will these steps work?

1. rmdir B (on my local repo A) 2. Pushing my repo A to origin 3. Merging

Solution

  • Since GitHub displays B as a gray folder within A repo, that means B has been added to A as a submodule.
    That gray folder is a gitlink, a special entry in the index.

    See "How do I remove a Git submodule?":
    Locally, do git submodule deinit asubmodule and git rm B (B without any trailing slash B/).
    Then push to GitHub, and B should be gone.