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?

  • Mactan [he/him]
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    313 days ago

    its a bit verbose but my preference is rm -r --interactive=never directoryname

    i really try to avoid rf for myself