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Dawn Mercurio
Dawn Mercurio
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Posted by Dawn Mercurio
Dawn Mercurio
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How do you remove a .git init folder that has no name?

I typed "git init". Then when I went to remove it, I typed: "rm - r" but wasn't sure what it should be called.

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Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
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Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
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If you want to completely remove the .git tracking folder, you can type in:

rm -rf .git