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How do you remove untracked files from your git working copy?
Is it possible to tell git to remove untracked files? Mainly something that is similar to a reset?
example:
git checkout -- index.php <-- revert my file git checkout -- master <-- this would revert the entire repo back to the last commit on master, removing (deleting) any and all untracked files as well as reverting committed ones. I know this is trivial to do on the shell. But I'd like to know if this can be done in Git?
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You can use the git clean command to remove untracked files. The -fd command removes untracked directories and the git clean -fx command removes ignored and non-ignored files. You can remove untracked files using a . gitignore file.
git reset --hard is a classic command in this situation - but it will only discard changes in tracked files (i.e. files that already are under version control). To get rid of new / untracked files, you'll have to use git clean !
You need git clean but add the -df to enable removing files that are in directories from where you are. Add x to include ignored files.
So to completely clean your working directory leaving only what is in source control, issue this command:
git clean -xdf You may be looking for git clean. This will delete all untracked files. By default this ignores (does not delete) patterns in .gitignore, but git clean -x cleans those files too.
From the git clean man page:
-x Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with git reset) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build. If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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