How do I remove all traces of Git for my repository?

Question

I have a repository. ("git init")

I've done check-ins and commits and logs and stuff. But, how can I remove all traces of git and delete git off this directory (and subdirectories)?

I'm on Ubuntu.

Solution 1

Simply remove the .git directories inside and you're done.

Solution 2

This worked for me:

find . -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

Solution 3

I would wildcard that .git

find . -name "*.git*" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf;

Comments

[MarkD]

Also look for .gitignore files in subdirectories, which are not part of the repository.

[gsamaras]

..and for me, thank you Steve! You can run git status afterwards to verify that the directory will not be a git directory afterwards...

[Victor Ude]

This removes .gitignore. Unless you mean to do that I'd say this is not a recommended approach.