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Can I remove a git repo without resorting to rm -rf ?
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More like, I'm afraid of the command doing more than I'm trying to do.
What I want to do is ignore prompts about write-protected files in the
.gitdirectory, what it does is ignore all prompts for all files.so why not
rm -rf folder/.git/*thenrm -r folder/*Maybe they're afraid of accidentally writing
rm -rf folder/.git /*or somethingGenerally that is not a concern because regular users won't be able to
rmanything else other than those in his own $HOME.Another thing I want to say is, command line is for careful users. If someone is careless, they should create a wrapper around
rm, or just use a FM.I think that's the situation OP is in.. They don't trust themself with these kinds of commands, while other commenters here are trying to convince them that they should just use rm -rf anyway