Git repos have lots of write protected files in the .git directory, sometimes hundreds, and the default rm my_project_managed_by_git will prompt before deleting each write protected file. So, to actually delete my project I have to do rm -rf my_project_managed_by_git.

Using rm -rf scares me. Is there a reasonable way to delete git repos without it?

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    use relative paths (cd into the directory below your repository) and use tab completion, and you won’t have problems.