From: Siraaj Khandkar <siraaj@khandkar.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 05:38:10 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Fix unintended deletion of current directory
X-Git-Url: https://git.xandkar.net/?p=git-cheat-sheet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=64e53fa70692011377bd35449e43855e0d6bb39b

Fix unintended deletion of current directory

we just want to remove the files
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b84aca..61f2b7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Inserting a new root commit
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 ```sh
 git checkout --orphan $TEMP_BRANCH
-git rm -rf .
+git rm -rf *
 git commit --allow-empty -m $INIT_COMMIT_MSG
 git rebase --onto $TEMP_BRANCH --root $MAIN_BRANCH
 git branch -d $TEMP_BRANCH