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Maxwell Kendall
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Maxwell Kendall
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,102 Points
Posted by Maxwell Kendall
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Maxwell Kendall
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,102 Points

Removing Git Repo

I have created a git repo

git init

the current folder is "project_folder"

toe delete, all i need to do is go rm -r project_folder

but I keep getting it wrong, even when I try rm -r ~/project_folder and ~/project_folder/,git/

I've tried every variation of this very simple command and it wont work.

Please help.

Thanks.

1 Answer

jacobproffer
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jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Maxwell,

Type pwd and check your current working directory. If you're inside of the project_folder directory, you will be unable to delete it. If this is the case, go back one directory by typing cd .. and then you should be able to remove the project_folder via rm -r project_folder.

Just to check, are you using Terminal? Or are you on Windows? Can you also post your error log?