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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Working With Git Repositories

Nathan Brenner
Nathan Brenner
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Posted by Nathan Brenner
Nathan Brenner
35,844 Points

how to remove repository that was added without a name

I put in git init without a repo name, and it put everything on my ls into that repo.

How do I remove that repo? If I don't create a repo with a name, how do I ls -a that repo?

1 Answer

Paul Wroe
Paul Wroe
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Paul Wroe
Paul Wroe
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Hi,

The repo will exist as a .git folder with or without a repo name. If you remove the .git folder, you remove the repo. rm -r .git will remove the .git folder from the current directory.

ls -a will show any files or folders that start with a period. Files that start with a period are considered hidden and don't show up unless you list all.

I hope that helps.