Can I remove a git repo without resorting to rm -rf ? (programming.dev)

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Git repos have lots of write protected files in the .git directory, sometimes hundreds, and the default rm my_project_managed_by_git will prompt before deleting each write protected file. So, to actually delete my project I have to do rm -rf my_project_managed_by_git.

Using rm -rf scares me. Is there a reasonable way to delete git repos without it?

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

You just need to do this then

cd git-project
rm -rf .git
cd ..
rm -r git-project

With rm -r is for (R)ecursion and -f is for F(force) disabled the prompting. So, use -f on the .git directory which has the files you want to obliterate, and leave it off for the safety prompts.

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