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Uninstall GitHub for Mac, updated for December 2014
#!/bin/bash
function remove_dir () {
rm -rf "$1_"
if [ -d "$1" ]
then
mv "$1" "$1_"
fi
}
echo "*** Removing saved user, repositories, and orgs…"
remove_dir "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/GitHub for Mac"
remove_dir "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/com.github.GitHub"
remove_dir "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/com.github.GitHub.ShipIt"
echo "*** Removing preferences…"
if [ -e "${HOME}/Library/Preferences/com.github.GitHub.plist" ]
then
cp -f "${HOME}/Library/Preferences/com.github.GitHub.plist" "${HOME}/Library/Preferences/com.github.GitHub.plist_"
fi
defaults delete com.github.GitHub
defaults delete com.github.GitHub.LSSharedFileList
echo "*** Removing caches…"
rm -rf "${HOME}/Library/Caches/GitHub for Mac" "${HOME}/Library/Caches/com.github.Github"
echo "*** Stopping and removing Conduit…"
launchctl remove com.github.GitHub.Conduit
rm -rf "${HOME}/Library/Containers/com.github.GitHub.Conduit"
echo "*** Removing SSH key…"
find ${HOME}/.ssh -name "*github*_rsa" | while read KEY
do
ssh-add -dK "$KEY.pub"
mv -f "$KEY" "$KEY.bak"
mv -f "$KEY.pub" "$KEY.pub.bak"
done
echo "*** Removing keychain items…"
security -q delete-internet-password -s github.com/mac
security -q delete-generic-password -l 'GitHub for Mac — github.com'
security -q delete-generic-password -l 'GitHub for Mac SSH key passphrase — github.com'
echo "*** Removing command line utility…"
if [ -e "/usr/local/bin/github" ]
then
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/github
fi
if [ -e "/usr/local/bin/git-media" ]
then
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/git-media
fi
if [ -e "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist" ]
then
sudo rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist
fi
echo "*** Removing git symlinks…"
find /usr/local -lname '*GitHub.app*' -exec sudo rm -f {} \;
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