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GIT: How to remove folder and it's contents from repo

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GIT: How to remove folder and it's contents from repo
posted Nov 4, 2014 by Daler

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Steps to do so:

1: remove the folder from your local(on your system) git repsitory,
2: git add  Path/folder_name  -A
3: git commit -m "Your massage.."
4: git origin  your_branch_name:refs/for/branch_name


Done
answer Nov 4, 2014 by Arshad Khan
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