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?

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    6 months ago

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

    I don’t know what to tell you, that’s the command you need to use.

    If you’re that worried you’re going to nuke important stuff, make backups, and don’t use sudo for user files.