A file is tracked if it is under version control. As a small example, a C++ project would have Makefile main.cpp interface.hpp worker.cpp as source files; you’d put these under version control. During build, main.o worker.o myapp are generated; these do not belong under version control, so you do not use git add on them. … Read more
Edit (2020.12.28): GitHub change default master branch to main branch since October 2020. See https://github.com/github/renaming This answer below still reflect the old naming convention. Update March 2013 Git 1.8.2 added the possibility to track branches. “git submodule” started learning a new mode to integrate with the tip of the remote branch (as opposed to integrating … Read more
As mentioned in Yoshua Wuyts’ answer, using git branch: git branch –unset-upstream Other options: You don’t have to delete your local branch. Simply delete the local branch that is tracking the remote branch: git branch -d -r origin/<remote branch name> -r, –remotes tells git to delete the remote-tracking branch (i.e., delete the branch set to … Read more
All the data Git uses for information is stored in .git/, so removing it should work just fine. Of course, make sure that your working copy is in the exact state that you want it, because everything else will be lost. .git folder is hidden so make sure you turn on the “Show hidden files, … Read more