Completely delete the Git repository
Initializing a git repository using git initor cloning a git repository from GitHub also comes with a .gitdirectory that contains different directories/files related to your project.
Deleting a git repository locally sounds like one of the easiest things to accomplish; however, since .gitthe folder is initially hidden, deleting the folder varies depending on the operating system.
This article will delete the repository and reinitialize it using both the command line and the GUI.
Deleting Git directories using the GUI
In Windows, if using the graphical user interface, we first need to enable 显示隐藏文件the option. Once we see the hidden folders, we can delete .gitthe folders and then reinitialize them again if needed.
Rename the Git directory using the command line
By using the command line, the task becomes quite simple. First, we need to navigate to the cloned repository or the location where we initialized git. We can use the following command.
cd <path_to_the_folder>
Once inside the folder, we can list visible and hidden folders.
ls -la
For example, the output resembles the following output.
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 4 mario mario 4096 Nov 21 00:02 .
drwxrwxrwt 24 root root 12288 Nov 21 00:02 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 mario mario 4096 Nov 21 00:02 frontend
drwxr-xr-x 7 mario mario 4096 Nov 21 00:02 .git
Here, on the last line, we can see .gita folder named , which we should delete using the following command:
rm -fr .git
Flag -fused to forcefully remove non-existent files and parameters without prompting (use with caution).
The -d flag -rrecursively removes each directory and its contents.
We can git statuscheck if the directory is initialized with git using the command.
If the folder is not initialized with git, it will throw the following error.
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
We can then git initreinitialize the folder using the command.
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