How do I remove all traces of Git for my repository?

Question

I have a repository. ("git init")

I've done check-ins and commits and logs and stuff. But, how can I remove all traces of git and delete git off this directory (and subdirectories)?

I'm on Ubuntu.

score 16 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 18 '12 at 19:13

16

This worked for me:

find . -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

edited Jun 18 '12 at 19:13

Peter Lang

answered Jun 18 '12 at 18:30

stevekrzysiak

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..and for me, thank you Steve! You can run `git status` afterwards to verify that the directory will not be a git directory afterwards... – gsamaras Sep 21 '16 at 02:06

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '11 at 20:25

6

Simply remove the .git directories inside and you're done.

answered Jun 24 '11 at 20:25

Daniel DiPaolo

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Also look for .gitignore files in subdirectories, which are not part of the repository. – MarkD Jun 24 '11 at 20:30

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:56

4

I would wildcard that .git

find . -name "*.git*" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf;

answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:56

Robbie Bardijn

This removes .gitignore. Unless you mean to do that I'd say this is not a recommended approach. – Victor Ude Nov 30 '17 at 17:14

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 07 '15 at 17:08

-1

This works well too.

find . | grep .git | xargs rm -rf

answered May 07 '15 at 17:08

Enki

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