Remove version tracking from a folder in Git
Being a member of a team and working as a Software Engineer or as a Web Application Developer with other members, it is obvious that we Gitdeal with on a daily basis and work on various projects using various technology stacks.
Sometimes, when working on a team project, we need to delete some previous folders, files, and specific configurations in order to focus on new work or future projects in the team.
Then, we have to delete the current or past work from a particular folder. In this article, we will learn how to Gitdelete the mapping of the current version tracking in using the command.
GitThe folders in the store all its data and configurations, called .gitfolders. .git/subdirectoryBased on the local repository in the working directory.
In .git/subdirectorythe folder you can also find a theoretical index where the entire project is Gitmapped from the cloud version of .
If we delete the folder .git, it will remove the entire folder from the directory Git Version tracking. In addition to this, if it existed in the past pull or push to the repository, it will also delete its entire history.
The result will be that it has never downloaded Git into that particular folder before. This is one way to remove version tracking from a folder.
However, if we just want to jump to our branch and preserve the version tracking history of that folder, then Gitthe situation is different in .
Removing version tracking in Git
.gitFolders Gitare always hidden by default in , so if we want to see the hidden files to delete them, the easiest way to delete them is through our Terminal Git.
Go to the folder where all project files are mapped from the cloud version and delete .gitthe folder using the following command:
cd ~/Downloads/your-git-repo
rm -rf .git
Suppose we delete .gitthe folder.
In this case, it will not delete other files in the folder that is part of our git repository because we are just removing the previous history and tracking links from the cloud version of that particular repository.
Restart version tracking in Git
After deleting the folder, we can create a new one. git initThe command will create a new empty git repository.
The repository stores the project files which saves the code versions and provides access to them. With this command, we will create a git folder again as per our requirement to create the history again with new files and new things.
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