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Delete a submodule

Deletes a submodule from the repository.

Use git submodule deinit -f -- <submodule> to unregister the specified <submodule>.
Use rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule> to remove the directory of the submodule.
Use git rm -f <submodule> to remove the working tree of the submodule.

git submodule deinit -f -- <submodule>
rm -rf .git/modules/<submodule>
git rm -f <submodule>

# Examples
git submodule deinit -f -- 30code
rm -rf .git/modules/30code
git rm -f 30code
# Removes the `30code` submodule

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