Remove all git files from a directory?

Question

I have a folder under version control. I want to make a copy of it to send around, but don\'t want to include all the .git directories and the files underneath it.

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Answer 1

Unlike other source control systems like SVN or CVS, git stores all of its metadata in a single directory, rather than in every subdirectory of the project. So just delete .git from the root (or use a script like git-export) and you should be fine.