a git command that removes untracked files from a repository's working tree
git clean is a git command that removes untracked files from a repository's working tree, starting in the directory from which it was called.
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Rejected refs in repo-cleaning
I am cleaning a git repository's pull requests (PR). There was one PR created to merge a branch B, which was later considered deprecated and removed before being merged. As a result, branch B was deleted, and this PR is not showing up in Bitbucket's…
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Removing files which are not tracked will be marked as deleted
I have the following state in a git repo:
git status
On branch whatever
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/whatever' by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be…
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git clean deletes files in gitignore, db/production.sqlite3 is lost
I was trying to remove an untracked file from a branch that I deleted, and instead I accidentally deleted untracked and tracked files... including apparently the dev and production databases!!!
What should I do? git clone and start over from last…
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Understanding .gitignore masking and git clean
I really have hard time to understand how .gitignore file works...
This is how my file looks…
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Cannot rebuild/deploy service fabric project after git clean with empty .gitignore file
I am testing Service Fabric along with a friend. We started with a .Net Core ASP MVC site Service (scaffolded out of the box). Then we added this .gitignore file.
I built/deployed and tested the solution on my PC and everything is ok. Then I pushed…
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Git Clean or Reset Fails on Windows 10
How do I just checkout a branch into an existing folder in a pristine state?
I am working in Windows 10. switched to a new branch of my project, and noticed that some existing (untracked) folders from the other branch were still hanging around. I…
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Git: clean empty directories after checkout
I'm on my "devel" branch and git status says "working directory clean".
I want to look at a past release and so checkout a tag: git checkout tags/v1.0.0. After this some directories which were created between "v1.0.0" and my current "devel" HEAD are…
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git clean directories in untracked files
How can I remove directories from untracked files that aren't appearing in git clean -n? Here are my steps:
git status
...gives me:
Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be…
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Are all my files deleted when issuing git clean -f?
I accidentally issued:
git clean -f
On a directory I recently initialized. I noticed that all my text files in that directory are now gone.
As per research, I've come to known that it's irreversible. Is that true? Or there's still hope?
BTW, I'm…
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git and github i have a problem i hope you will help me
please help me i delete all files on my macbook by command ( git clean -fd )
i dont know what i do all files had deleted
i hope you help me
i dont have any idea how to fix it
the command ( git clean -fd )
i didnt know this command will delete…
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I did the git clean -fd command and deleted everything
Please help me! I just f***ed up everything! I was working on a angular crash course project in visual studio and then wanted to commit my changes to git so i first wanted to add my git repo to the project. But i saw that there was a error or…
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How to delete an untracked file in GitHub when the clean comman does not work?
I have an untracked file that is not visible in the folder where it is suppose to be (not even when you select the option of show hidden files).
I tried to use the command git clean with all the posibles additions (-f, -f -f, -fx, -fX) and with -fd…
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How can I recover files after running "git clean -df" by accident?
I have accidentally run git clean -df. It removed my files from my current commit, which I had yet to push. Now, in git status, those files are marked with D, which means "deleted".
Is there any way to get those files back?
I have tried the…
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can't delete ".git" using git clean -xdff
git clean with the -ffxd option does not clean directories called .git - how can I do this?
Using git 2.32.0
mkdir myrepo && cd myrepo
git init .
mkdir src && cd src
touch code.cpp
git add code.cpp
git commit -m "my commit"
mkdir .git .git2
git…
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git clean -fd not removing a folder
I have a GIT repository in a ~/foo folder. Now, created a bar/ folder there with some contents, under ~/foo/public/bar/. It is correctly recognized by GIT as untracked:
~/foo git status -s
?? public/bar/
I've always used git clean -fd to delete…
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