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I was trying to ignore some folders when pushing and ended up with only the .gitignore in the repository. Now want to "reset" my repository (by reset I mean to remove all the rules I applied and clean the commit area), so that I can add all my files and remove the folders I don't want after that. Any help?
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To review, git reset is a powerful command that is used to undo local changes to the state of a Git repo. Git reset operates on "The Three Trees of Git". These trees are the Commit History ( HEAD ), the Staging Index, and the Working Directory.
Running git reset will typically delete files and commits. And without those, you don't have a project! This is why it's critical to plan ahead when using it, so you don't end up deleting elements that are critical for your project.
You could just delete your .git folder and start again.
rm -rf .git
git init
This will leave the current .gitignore in place, which would still be followed by the new git repo. The .gitignore could be removed, or delete the contents so it is a blank file.
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If you want to create the repository again, then just remove the .git directory.
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If you do not need a clean history just remove the files from the repository and commit your changes. If you would like to revert to an earlier commit there is a git reset command
git reset --hard HEAD^
Here is some more info How to undo last commit(s) in Git?
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