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I have a folder named "code" and in that folder, I have another folder named "resume" inside the code folder. I did "git init" on both folders. How can I undo git init to the parent folder named "code"?

Erick Martinez Sr.
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  • If I type "undo git init" (question title) into google search, I get [Is there a command to undo git init?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3212459/is-there-a-command-to-undo-git-init) as first hit, so, a tiny bit more research effort would be nice. – Andrey Tyukin May 11 '18 at 23:10

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Whenever you convert a folder to git repository it's creating the .git folder under the given folder.

Executing git init creates a .git subdirectory in the current working directory. If you wish to use a different or subfolder use the git init <path> instead

In order to "delete" the git repo form this folder simply remove the .git folder

# remove the .git folder
rm -rf .git

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As you can see above once you remove the .git folder its no longer a git repo

CodeWizard
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You can simply delete the .git directory that was created in the "code" folder.

This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a .git directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and template files. An initial HEAD file that references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-init

Nick Rolando
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