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Is there a command to undo git init?

I just Git init'ed a repos with a wrong user, and want to undo it. Is there any command for this? Do I actually have to go in and edit the .git directory?

Solution

  • If you just inited it, you can just delete .git.

    Typically:

    rm -rf .git

    Then, recreate as the right user.

    EDIT: NOTE: This deletes the entire git repository (including all commit history, etc.). On a newly-created repository, there is no history yet.