Removing submodules in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to remove a git submodule directory.

Git

git rm --cached [1]

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Asubmodule_branch

Bsubmodule_name

Csubmodule_url

Dsubmodule_path

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the submodule name instead of its path.

Trying to remove the submodule URL instead of the directory.

The git rm --cached command removes the submodule directory from the index but keeps the files locally.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to remove the submodule entry from the git configuration.

Git

git config --remove-section [1]

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Asubmodule.url

Bsubmodule.submodule_name

Csubmodule.submodule_path

Dsubmodule.branch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Removing the wrong config section like just 'submodule.name'.

Using the URL instead of the path in the config section.

The submodule configuration is stored under submodule.<path> in git config. Removing this section cleans the config.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to remove the submodule directory from the working tree.

Git

rm -rf [1]

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Asubmodule_name

Bsubmodule_path

C.git/config

D.gitmodules

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Trying to delete .gitmodules or .git/config instead of the submodule folder.

Using the submodule name instead of its path.

The rm -rf command deletes the submodule directory from your local files. You must specify the submodule path, not config files.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to update the git index and remove the submodule directory.

Git

git rm --cached [1] && rm -rf [2]

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Asubmodule_path

Bsubmodule_name

Dsubmodule_url

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different values for the two blanks.

Using submodule name or URL instead of path.

First, remove the submodule from git index with git rm --cached using the path, then delete the folder with rm -rf using the same path.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to fully remove a git submodule.

Git

git rm --cached [1] && rm -rf [2] && git config --remove-section [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Asubmodule_path

Csubmodule.submodule_path

Dsubmodule_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using submodule name instead of path for the first two blanks.

Not including 'submodule.' prefix in the config section name.

To fully remove a submodule: remove it from git index, delete its folder, and remove its config section. Use the submodule path for the first two commands and the config section name for the last.