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I accidentally typed git init in my home directory which caused git to start tracking everything in my home directory and I need to remove it.

Is there a git command or a way to terminate git tracking everything in my home directory?

Thanks.

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Git creates a folder .git in the top-level directory it tracks. The only thing you need to do is to remove that folder using rm -Rf .git.

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  • Thanks a million Jan! Nothing complicated, just as I like it. Commented Oct 9, 2015 at 11:24
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    It's worth noting that without additional commands, git init won't track any changes—it will just save the state of the directory at the time git init was run. If you later added and then deleted a file, git wouldn't know about that file. (If privacy/security is a concern.) Commented Oct 27, 2015 at 8:23

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