Remove repository from Github command line

Question

I am new to GitHub and I was following some online lessons and I accidentally created a repository of my desktop.

I checked my GitHub account via the website and I don't have the repository and I have no idea how to remove it from my desktop, I have no idea what the name of the file is or how it happened.

This is what I see:

A simple `rm -rf .git` should do the trick. – mnme Nov 29 '17 at 01:33 — mnme, Nov 29 '17 at 01:33
Thanks, it worked! I'll only make that mistake once haha – user8705498 Nov 29 '17 at 01:37 — user8705498, Nov 29 '17 at 01:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 06:01

Note: your GitHub account would only be affected if you add, commit and push to a GitHub repo.

A simple local git init only creates a .git sub folder, that can be deleted if the repo has no business to be here in the fist place, as detailed in "How do I delete a local repository in git?" or "How to fully delete a git repository created with init?".

Remove repository from Github command line

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