Interview Q&A / Git & GitHub

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Git & GitHub interview questions

Branching, merge vs rebase, resolving conflicts and pull requests, the way teams actually work.

  1. How do you remove a submodule properly?

    Run git submodule deinit -f path, then git rm -f path, and delete the leftover .git/modules/path folder. Commit the change. Just deleting the folder leaves stale configuration behind.

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