How to delete a folder and its sub folders? rm -R not working

Question

I am trying to delete a folder that has sub folders, and a git repository.

Doing:

rm -R folder_name/

doesn't work, it prompts me for some folders that are GIT specific?

Answer 1

It's working fine, it's just asking you if you're certain you want to delete files and folders you normally wouldn't be able to. Add -f if you want to force deletion of anything it comes across.