Deinitialize a repository in Git
Git is a well-known platform that we use to track changes in our code during application development. It is a version control system that enables us to coordinate with our teammates and helps us improve our coding while coordinating with each other in team-based projects.
git init command
git initThe command creates a new empty Git repository. It is also used to reinitialize an already existing Git repository.
This is probably the first command a developer runs when initializing a new project. A repository is a place where we can store project files and keep easily accessible versions of our code.
This command helps us develop a .git subdirectory consisting of metadata such as subdirectories for objects and template files to create a brand new repository. This guide will describe the process of undoing this command or uninitializing a Git repository using the command line.
Deinitialize a repository in Git
When we git initinitialize a Git repository using , a hidden Git directory (.git) is automatically created in our project directory. In the Git command line, there is no git init undogit command.
To undo the changes made by the init command on our computer, we need to delete the folder named .git inside the repository folder by executing a command that will delete the newly created Git repository. The command is as follows.
$ rm -rf .git/
The above command is for Linux. The r flag is for recursive deletion. The f flag is for force (force deletion of protected files).
For Windows, we can delete the .git/ folder by using the following Git shell command.
> rmdir /s .git
This command will delete the folder named .git and all subdirectories of that folder.
Some files may remain because they are hidden .gitignore files (we added them to .gitignore ourselves ). To remove them, we will execute the following command.
$ find . -name ".gitignore" | xargs rm
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