Git – How to Remove Untracked Files

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I'm working on a branch, say "experimental", which I branch out from my master branch. Then, I generate a user model in the experimental branch, but don't add them to the index yet.

What do I have to do if I want to discard all the changes of the files recently added in my experimental branch? The untracked files are listed as below:

$ git status
 On branch new_chick
 Untracked files:
   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

       .project
       app/models/user.rb
       db/migrate/
       test/fixtures/users.yml
       test/unit/user_test.rb

I tried to run "git reset –hard" in the hope to undo all those changes, but all the files mentioned above still show up.

Best Answer

To remove untracked files / directories do:

git clean -fdx

-f - force

-d - directories too

-x - remove ignored files too ( don't use this if you don't want to remove ignored files)

Use with Caution!
These commands can permanently delete arbitrary files, that you havn't thought of at first. Please double check and read all the comments below this answer and the --help section, etc., so to know all details to fine-tune your commands and surely get the expected result.

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