Remove all files for git commit? [duplicate]

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Undo “git add”?

I made the mistake of running:

git add .

Which added important things such as .bashrc. Even though I run:

git rm .

When I run:

git push project master

Everything still is added. I've even reinstalled git, but I am still pestered by this. A solution I found was to start over and remove all the files from the commit. Are there any other things I could do to remove all the files from the commit?

By the way, the "hard" way to solve it wouldn't have been re-installing git but deleting (rm -rf) your repository folder and cloning it again (assuming it's a clone of a remote repo). — ThiefMaster
– ThiefMaster, Commented Nov 16, 2010 at 2:18

David Winslow · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-16 02:15:30Z

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You can use git reset to unstage changes, or even git reset --hard HEAD~ to blow away the most recent commit (careful with that one, it will not even keep your changes around.)

See http://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset

answered Nov 16, 2010 at 2:15

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Mohit Deshpande Over a year ago

It doesn't work. How I know that is I ran git log --pretty=format: --name-status | cut -f2- | sort -u and it still displayed all of the files.

ThiefMaster Over a year ago

If your changes get pushed you've already committed them.

ThiefMaster · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-16 02:16:02Z

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Use git reset.

answered Nov 16, 2010 at 2:16

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