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Adding instructions to add and remove submodules. #19

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Expand Up @@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ $ git add <file>
$ git add README
$ git commit -m 'Initial project version'
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#### Adding a submodule

Submodules allow you to keep a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository. This lets you clone another repository into your project and keep your commits separate.

```sh
$ git submodule add https://github.com/user/repo.git
```

#### Removing a submodule

```sh
$ git submodule deinit -f submodule_name
```

#### Checking the status of your files

The main tool you use to determine which files are in which state is the `$ git status` command. If you run this command directly after a clone, you should see something like this:
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