Unfuddle STACK Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks
- Remove untracked Git files
- Changes not staged for commit in Git
- Compare two branches in Git
- Cancel a Git merge
- Fix Git error: you need to resolve your current index first
- Fix Git error: git is not recognized
- How to paste in Git bash
- Fix Git error: The current branch has no upstream branch
- Fix Git error: There is no tracking information for the current branch
- How to pull a specific commit in Git
- How to diff file between branches in Git
- Difference between Git fetch and Git pull
- Why is git pull not working?
- How to fix Git error: repository not found
- How to Connect a Local Git Repository to a Remote One
How do I remove untracked files from my Git repository?
Untracked files are files that Git does not know about. A simple way to delete these is using git-clean.
Preview untracked files with git clean -n.
# list untracked files
$ git clean -n
Would remove LICENSE
Would remove README.md
# list both files and directories
$ git clean -nd
Would remove LICENSE
Would remove README.md
Would remove script/
Would remove spec/Use git clean -f to permanently remove the files:
# remove untracked files
$ git clean -f
Removing LICENSE
Removing README.md
# remove both files and directories
$ git clean -fd
Removing LICENSE
Removing README.md
Removing script/
Removing spec/Check the Full Official Documentation for more options.