Sometimes git suggests git rm –cached to unstage a file, sometimes git reset HEAD file. When should I use which? EDIT: D:\code\gt2>git init Initialized empty Git repository in D:/code/gt2/.git/ D:\code\gt2>touch a D:\code\gt2>git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Untracked files: # (use “git add <file>…” to include in what will … Read more
I have a Git repo that I have deleted four files from using rm (not git rm), and my Git status looks like this: # deleted: file1.txt # deleted: file2.txt # deleted: file3.txt # deleted: file4.txt How do I remove these files from Git without having to manually go through and add each file like … Read more
I have added a file named “file1.txt” to a Git repository. After that, I committed it, added a couple of directories called dir1 and dir2, and committed them to the Git repository. Now the current repository has “file1.txt”, dir1, and dir2. How can I delete “file1.txt” without affecting others, like dir1 and dir2? 2 24 … Read more
This question already has answers here: How can I make Git “forget” about a file that was tracked, but is now in .gitignore? (31 answers) Closed 4 years ago. I have an already initialized Git repository that I added a .gitignore file to. How can I refresh the file index so the files I want … Read more
My initial commit contained some log files. I’ve added *log to my .gitignore, and now I want to remove the log files from my repository. git rm mylogfile.log will remove a file from the repository, but will also remove it from the local file system. How can I remove this file from the repo without … Read more
There is a file that was being tracked by Git, but now the file is on the .gitignore list. However, that file keeps showing up in git status after it’s edited. How do you force Git to completely forget about it? 3 31
