Git Failing to remove with clean

Question

when I type in git clean -f i get the following error message:

>     Removing .__afs043
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs043
>     Removing .__afs0F7D
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs0F7D
>     Removing .__afs1359
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs1359
>     Removing .__afs1421
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs1421
>     Removing .__afs243A
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs243A
>     Removing .__afs2745
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs2745
>     Removing .__afs3454
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs3454
>     Removing .__afs3D12
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs3D12
>     Removing .__afs4A5E
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs4A5E
>     Removing .__afs4FB8
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs4FB8
>     Removing .__afs5D5B
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs5D5B
>     Removing .__afs5E1D
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs5E1D
>     Removing .__afs6086
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs6086
>     Removing .__afs6328
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs6328
>     Removing .__afs6D97
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs6D97
>     Removing .__afs7562
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs7562
>     Removing .__afs7C22
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs7C22
>     Removing .__afs8148
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs8148
>     Removing .__afs865F
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs865F
>     Removing .__afs8CE5
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs8CE5
>     Removing .__afs9295
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs9295
>     Removing .__afs938C
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs938C
>     Removing .__afs9439
>     warning: failed to remove .__afs9439
>     Removing .__afsA5EC
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsA5EC
>     Removing .__afsA859
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsA859
>     Removing .__afsB044
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsB044
>     Removing .__afsB9EF
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsB9EF
>     Removing .__afsC47E
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsC47E
>     Removing .__afsCF6E
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsCF6E
>     Removing .__afsD42
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsD42
>     Removing .__afsD50F
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsD50F
>     Removing .__afsE6B9
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsE6B9
>     Removing .__afsE9F3
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsE9F3
>     Removing .__afsF0DA
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsF0DA
>     Removing .__afsF9EA
>     warning: failed to remove .__afsF9EA

from the command. Yet i need to remove these files in order to checkout of my branch because I get the following message:

Error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten
by checkout:
          .__afs4FB8
          .__afs6D97
          .__afs865F
          .__afs9439
          .__afsF9EA Please move or remove them before you can switch branches. 

Aborting

What do I do??! I need to be able to checkout and update this branch fast!

Answer 1

Try sudo git clean -f. You probably need elevated rights.