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?
The problem is that
rm -rfshouldn’t scare you?What are the chances something like
~/projects/some-project $ cd .. ~/projects $ rm -fr some-projectmay delete unexpected stuff? (especially if you get into the habit of tab-completing the directory argument)