How to unversion an entire folder?

Question

I have a folder versioned in a git. I want to unversion it, that is to remove the .git meta data, how can I do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

If the folder is the top level of a git repository, and you actually want to completely remove the entire git repo associated with the folder, then simply delete the (hidden) .git directory from the folder:

cd foldername rm -r .git  

If the folder is a subdirectory of a git repository, then gautier's method is the one you want:

git rm --cached -r foldername/ 

Answer 2

If you want to remove the files from git, but keep them in your filesystem add the option --cached.

git rm --cached -r foldername/