How can I remove all files in my git repo and update/push from my local git repo?

Question

Is it possible to remove all files in a repository and update it with only the files I have in my local machine? The reason is that, there are certain files that is not necessary in my github and so I want to remove those files. Instead of removing the files one by one, I wanted to see if its possible to just remove all files in my git repo and update/push with only the files in my local machine. Hope its clear. Thanks.

Answer 1

You could do it like this:

cd /tmp git clone /your/local/rep  # make a temp copy cd rep git rm -r *                # delete everything cp -r /your/local/rep/* .  # get only the files you want git add *                  # add them again git status                 # everything but those copied will be removed git commit -a -m 'deleting stuff' cd /your/local/rep git pull /tmp/rep          # now everything else has been removed 

There's probably a oneliner for that…