How to remove a git repository from a directory without deleting anything from it?

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I accidently initialized my Desktop directory as a local git repository using git init, how can I undeclare it to a normal directory without deleting any items in the same.

Possible duplicate of [Uninitialize git repository](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22540577/uninitialize-git-repository) — phd, Feb 19 '18 at 11:28

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 19 '18 at 11:41

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Git uses a .git directory to store the repository history and its meta data - from any directory Git tries to find a .git directory above the current directory (by default it stops at mount points) to determine whether the current directory is a working tree.

Just remove the .git directory on your desktop (the directory might be hidden as it starts with a dot; you can list it in a console using ls -la and remove it using rm -rf .git).

edited Feb 19 '18 at 11:41

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answered Feb 19 '18 at 11:05

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Sorry didnt see your answer coming. Cheers. Really appreciate. – Channaveer Hakari Feb 19 '18 at 11:11
@rishabh-kanwar Please consider accepting this answer if it helped you. That is the way to say thank you on stackoverflow. – MrTux Apr 09 '18 at 17:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 11:10

In that case go to you command line

change your directory to the directory which you initialized git

Now if you do

ls -la

You will be able to see .git folder which is the main thing to keep track of your git project. To remove this you can use the following command

rm -rf .git

How to remove a git repository from a directory without deleting anything from it?

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