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yayu
yayu

Reputation: 8098

How to remove a renamed folder from github

I had a folder on github, say folder which I renamed to folder1 a few commits ago. I now see that both folder and folder1 show up in my repository. How can I remove the old folder. I have tried git rm and git mv but they don't work because folder doesn't exist in my directory tree anymore.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1376

Answers (2)

zessx
zessx

Reputation: 68810

You should use git mv to rename folders:

git mv <old> <new>

It will rename your folder, remove the old name from your repository, and add the new one. You also can use this bunch of commands:

mv <old> <new>
git add <new>
git rm <old>

If you want to remove a whole directory that has already been pushed, use this:

git rm -r <old>
git commit -m "Remove unused directory"
git push origin master

Upvotes: 6

gpullen
gpullen

Reputation: 1133

You can try this: git rm -rf directory_name

It will force delete the directory.

Upvotes: 2

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