You can give wildcards to git rm. e.g. git rm *.c Or you can just write down the names of all the files in another file, say filesToRemove.txt: path/to/file.c path/to/another/file2.c path/to/some/other/file3.c You can automate this: find . -name ‘*.c’ > filesToRemove.txt Open the file and review the names (to make sure it’s alright). Then: cat … Read more
git rm –cached <file> will completely remove the file’s contents from the index. This means that on commit the file will be removed from the HEAD commit. (If the file was only added to the index and not yet tracked this is a “no-op”.) git reset — <file> resets the contents of the file in … Read more
This is what you’re looking for: ignoring doesn’t remove a file. I suggest you read that page, but here’s the specific command to use: git filter-branch –index-filter \ ‘git rm -r –cached –ignore-unmatch <file/dir>’ HEAD Also, to remove all the deleted files from caches git creates, use: rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && \ git reflog expire … Read more
git remote rm origin should work.
If you already commited changes, then: git reset (–hard) HEAD~1 If not then: git reset git ls-files -d -z | xargs -0 git checkout —
If the file is still displayed in the status, even though it is in the .gitignore, make sure it isn’t already tracked. git rm –cached config.php If you just want to ignore it locally, you could also make it ignored by the git status: git update-index –assume-unchanged config.php As commented, do note that using –assume-unchanged … Read more
I do not think a Git commit can record an intention like “stop tracking this file, but do not delete it”. Enacting such an intention will require intervention outside Git in any repositories that merge (or rebase onto) a commit that deletes the file. Save a Copy, Apply Deletion, Restore Probably the easiest thing to … Read more
There are three places where a file, say, can be – the (committed) tree, the index and the working copy. When you just add a file to a folder, you are adding it to the working copy. When you do something like git add file you add it to the index. And when you commit … Read more
git add -u updates all your changes
Try: git add -A Warning: Starting with git 2.0 (mid 2013), this will always stage files on the whole working tree. If you want to stage files under the current path of your working tree, you need to use: git add -A . Also see: Difference of git add -A and git add .