How to change git repo's owner?

Question

I used the root user to init, add, and commit git repo. (bad habit)
Now, I create a new normal user me.
How to let me to handle the repo made by root?

Answer 1

Use:

sudo chown user[:group] . -R

from within the repositories folder to change the owner, where user is the desired user (and optionally a group name may also be supplied).