How to remove a directory from git repository ?

remove_github_repository.md

[How to remove a directory from git repository] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6313126/how-to-remove-a-directory-from-git-repository)

Remove directory from git and local

git rm -r one-of-the-directories
git commit -m "Remove duplicated directory"
git push origin <your-git-branch> (typically 'master', but not always)

Remove directory from git but NOT local

what you usually want to do is remove this directory from git but not delete it entirely from the filesystem (local)

In that case use:

git rm -r --cached myFolder