How do I git rm a file without deleting it from disk? [duplicate]
git rm –cached file should do what you want. You can read more details at git help rm
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How do you fix a bad merge, and replay your good commits onto a fixed merge?
Please don’t use this recipe if your situation is not the one described in the question. This recipe is for fixing a bad merge, and replaying your good commits onto a fixed merge. Although filter-branch will do what you want, it is quite a complex command and I would probably choose to do this with … Read more
Git: list only “untracked” files (also, custom commands)
To list untracked files try: git ls-files –others –exclude-standard If you need to pipe the output to xargs, it is wise to mind white spaces using git ls-files -z and xargs -0: git ls-files -z -o –exclude-standard | xargs -0 git add Nice alias for adding untracked files: au = !git add $(git ls-files -o … Read more
Remove file from the repository but keep it locally
git rm –cached -r somedir Will stage the deletion of the directory, but doesn’t touch anything on disk. This works also for a file, like: git rm –cached somefile.ext Afterwards you may want to add somedir/ or somefile.ext to your .gitignore file so that git doesn’t try to add it back.
How to revert a “git rm -r .”?
git reset HEAD Should do it. If you don’t have any uncommitted changes that you care about, then git reset –hard HEAD should forcibly reset everything to your last commit. If you do have uncommitted changes, but the first command doesn’t work, then save your uncommitted changes with git stash: git stash git reset –hard … Read more
Why there are two ways to unstage a file in Git?
git rm –cached <filePath> does not unstage a file, it actually stages the removal of the file(s) from the repo (assuming it was already committed before) but leaves the file in your working tree (leaving you with an untracked file). git reset — <filePath> will unstage any staged changes for the given file(s). That said, … Read more
Staging Deleted files
Use git rm foo to stage the file for deletion. (This will also delete the file from the file system, if it hadn’t been previously deleted. It can, of course, be restored from git, since it was previously checked in.) To stage the file for deletion without deleting it from the file system, use git … Read more
Remove a folder from git tracking
I came across this question while Googling for “git remove folder from tracking”. The OP’s question lead me to the answer. I am summarizing it here for future generations. Question How do I remove a folder from my git repository without deleting it from my local machine (i.e., development environment)? Answer Step 1. Add the … Read more
Removing multiple files from a Git repo that have already been deleted from disk
For Git 1.x $ git add -u This tells git to automatically stage tracked files — including deleting the previously tracked files. For Git 2.0 To stage your whole working tree: $ git add -u :/ To stage just the current path: $ git add -u .
Removing multiple files from a Git repo that have already been deleted from disk
For Git 1.x $ git add -u This tells git to automatically stage tracked files — including deleting the previously tracked files. For Git 2.0 To stage your whole working tree: $ git add -u :/ To stage just the current path: $ git add -u .