title: Deleting git from home directory (Using Terminal/Command Line)
body: <p>Somehow I must have initiated a git at my home directory because now when I type 'git status,' I'm getting a whole list of of 'untracked files' which include my personal folders for my computer that have nothing to do with Github (Pictures, Downloads, Documents, Desktop, etc...).  </p>
  
  <p>When I type <code>ls -a</code> at my 'root' (for me, it's at <code>/Users/(my name)</code>), I am seeing <code>.git</code> which means I have a git directory here and am not supposed to.  I found a related question on stack overflow below - my follow up to this question is, since I have folders within my home drive that <em>are</em> legitimate git repos and that I <em>do</em> want to keep, I want to make sure I'm not deleting those with the recursive <code>rm</code>.  </p>
  
  <p>I am a super newbie, so it's difficult for me to know what I should even be searching for.  I've spent a few hours on this already with little progress. Another possible solution I've found is to add my home drive to gitignore, but it would be even better if I could completely remove the '.git' from my home folder completely.</p>
  
  <p>Related: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15193565/how-to-undo-git-init-on-a-home-directory/15193576#15193576">How to undo git init on a home directory?</a></p>