`git rm` is a Git command used to remove files from the working tree and from the index. Use this tag for all posts related to the usage of this command.
git rm is a Git command used to remove files from the working tree and from the index. In particular, it allows to actually start ignoring the files, listed in .gitignore.
I'm trying to use git rm as part of the filter-branch. I want to delete directories */*/dir1 but nothing is happening.
The command I'm using is:
git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat --index-filter "git rm -r --cached --ignore-unmatch */*/dir1"…
I have removed my file using git rm --cached and git reset HEAD. But when I try to push it to my repo, it still adds that file? How can I completely remove that file?
I have some files, for example one being error_log and some of these may have accidentally been added to git before they were added to the .gitignore file so I am wondering how can I delete all instances of files with this name from a Git repo?
Note…
Not sure there´s a solution to this:
I accidentally staged a directory with:
git add *
then, upon seeing this, I did (major, major mistake, should have of course unstaged)
git rm -r my_directory
To top it all, I followed up with:
git commit -m…
I'm working with Rubygems, and it's caching files in git a lot. The easy solution is just to run git rm -rf . --cached, but when I run it, this message appears:
fatal: pathspec '' did not match any files
Even if I run git rm -rf ./\* --cached, it…
I tried removing manually the following submodule from my local repository:
components/CtrlFuelSuppHtr
Removed it from these three places: .git folder, components folder, and deleted it on .gitmodules.
But I get the following error when running any…
I have a submodule named my_submodule, which I would like to delete. I need to make sure that it is removed from other developers' file systems as well, to prevent accidentally using it.
I can't require the other develpers to run any extra commands…
Is there a way to stage or unstage (git add / git rm) files only based on what was the type of modification?
Like :
add/rm only files that are deleted
add/rm only files that are new
add/rm only files that are modified
add/rm only files that are…
I have a folder with many files tracked by git, and I would like to untrack many of theses files in a simple way.
Usually when I compile my solution, I see from VSCode source control tab some tracked files that shouldn't be. It's easy to select them…
I have some config files that I want to change locally but not risk accidentally committing those changes. They also cannot be added to gitignore because they need to be tracked for the project as a whole. When I modify those files to suit my…
I'm working in a git repository on Windows 10, and I have a folder named "Client" - I'm trying to completely delete it and all files inside it from my local repository. I'm inside the branch that I want it deleted from, and I ran the following…
I'm collaborating on an IntelliJ IDEA project using Git and GitHub. The original creator of the repo added the IntelliJ .idea folder to the repo, and I find it annoying to see changes to IDE files constantly popping up in the commit dialog. The…
I added local files to git repo (git add .) and committed.
Then deleted files with git rm * and committed again (second commit). That deleted files both locally and remotely.
Hot to get files back into same local folder from git (from a first…
I am reading book Git Pro and it says:
To remove a file from Git, you have to remove it from your tracked files (more accurately, remove it from your staging area) and then commit. The git rm command does that, and also removes the file from your…
Refer to the following diagram:
my-branch A---B---C---D
/ \
master E---F---G
During the merge from B to G I have inadvertently added files to master which I deleted from my-branch at D using git rm. Unfortunately, I…
