Remove ghost files

Adalex3 4 4 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. So you want them permanently removed from the history of the repo while leaving the untracked files in your working directory? Look at the Github link in my answer below. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I find this to be the easiest way of doing the task.

On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean Hope this helps :. Improve this answer.

NightFury13 NightFury13 6 6 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. I don't see any difference in the output so I think you may use what ever suits you best someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

From Pro Git : Removing Files To remove a file from Git, you have to remove it from your tracked files more accurately, remove it from your staging area and then commit. Matt Ball Matt Ball k 95 95 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

So when you commit the changes it won't remove the file from the remote repository, right? Updated after your comments. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Mark Fisher Mark Fisher 9, 3 3 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges. Since they've already been committed to the repository it's a bit more work, but still doable.

Andy Andy Then I copy the directory back. You will need to go back and edit the commits that introduced them. Otherwise the repository will still have the files, they just won't be in version after you deleted them. Thanks for all the help! By history, I meant that everyone who clones that repo is going to clone all of those files, if they are not removed from the history. Although they are not currently in your working copy, you, or anyone else with a clone, can still access all of those files by checking out the commit that introduced them.

Add the folder to your. You can be also interested in: checking if ghost. Typical Windows message: ghost. How to handle damaged file: ghost.

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We believe in your mind. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Security Alert Log4j Security Vulnerability. Click here to know more. Hi folks, if you create assembly and you will modify it.. Your "new drawing" is without Ghosts Objects - Update this objects as "reuse" windchill function Check In modified drawing into WCH wihout Ghost Objects Note: remove ghosts from a drawings is possible to run with custom Mapkey too I hope that my solutions will help you to remove Ghost Objects from the assemblies and drawings.