How do I replace a git submodule with another repo?

Question

How do I replace a git submodule with a different git repo?

Specifically, I have a submodule:

• located at ./ExternalFrameworks/TestFramework

Answer 1

The easiest way that I found is this:

git rm -rf [submodule_dir]
git submodule add --name new_[submodule_name] [new_submodule_url] [submodule_dir]

I didn't like the idea to modify my .gitmodules manually. I also wrote a little blogpost about it.