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Uninstall Homebrew
#!/bin/sh
# Just copy and paste the lines below (all at once, it won't work line by line!)
# MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT IT DOES FIRST! THERE IS NO WARRANTY!
function abort {
echo "$1"
exit 1
}
set -e
/usr/bin/which -s git || abort "brew install git first!"
test -d /usr/local/.git || abort "brew update first!"
cd `brew --prefix`
git checkout master
git ls-files -z | pbcopy
rm -rf Cellar
bin/brew prune
pbpaste | xargs -0 rm
rm -r Library/Homebrew Library/Aliases Library/Formula Library/Contributions
test -d Library/LinkedKegs && rm -r Library/LinkedKegs
rmdir -p bin Library share/man/man1 2> /dev/null
rm -rf .git
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Homebrew
rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew
rm -rf /Library/Caches/Homebrew
@xKahlen
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xKahlen commented Dec 12, 2016

the post from self-creative worked for me. sorry to necro a dead thread but i felt that needed to be said.

@sourcecodemage
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Thanks self-creative!

@koreycurtis
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Thanks self-creative! Home brew managed to delete a project with my .git when I tried to commit. It installed poorly and reading through this thread was daunting. Glad I read to the bottom.

@skyler-cs
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Thanks, @self-creative! You saved my time a lot.

@RahulBhalley
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RahulBhalley commented Dec 30, 2023

For me this command worked! 🍺
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/uninstall.sh)"

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