Trying to remove git repo on ubuntu guest

Question

I am trying to remove whole git repository from my local machine, but git prohibits to delete several files.

I\'ve tried:

1. rm -r folder

Answer 1

1. Close any git clients that might be running.

2. Set the permissions to delete first:

   chmod -R 777 folder
   

3. Try to force the deletion:

   rm -rf folder
   

Answer 2

The following command may help:

chmod -R u+w folder/

Also make sure you own all the files which you're trying to remove:

chown -R $USER folder/

On Linux it may be also a file attribute (check by lsattr):

chattr -R -AacdDijsStu folder/

Answer 3

So I figured it out. The problem was that on my host machine (windows 7 x64) this folder was allowed to read only. I disabled it, and removed it from the host machine. Sorry for not saying that it was mounted, and thanks for all replies : )

Answer 4

In my case, for some reason the user immutable flag (uchg) was switched on for everything in the .git folder. This fixed it:

chflags -R nouchg folder/

I could then delete with rm -rf folder/.