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rajeshkumar created the topic: How to clean workspace in git?<\/strong>
\nTo reset a specific file to the last-committed state (to discard uncommitted changes in a specific file):<\/p>\n

git checkout thefiletoreset.txt<\/p>\n

This is mentioned in the git status output:<\/p>\n

(use “git checkout — …” to discard changes in working directory)<\/p>\n

To reset the entire repository to the last committed state:<\/p>\n

git reset –hard<\/p>\n

To remove untracked files, I usually just delete all files in the working copy (but not the .git\/ folder!), then do git reset –hard which leaves it with only committed files.<\/p>\n

A better way is to use git clean:<\/p>\n

git clean -d -x -f<\/p>\n

will remove untracked files, including directories (-d) and files ignored by git (-x). Replace the -f argument with -n to perform a dry-run or -i for interactive mode and it will tell you what will be removed.
\nyou delete local files from your current branch?<\/p>\n

git clean -f<\/p>\n

But beware… there’s no going back. Use -n or –dry-run to preview the damage you’ll do.<\/p>\n

If you want to also remove directories, run git clean -f -d<\/p>\n

If you just want to remove ignored files, run git clean -f -X<\/p>\n

If you want to remove ignored as well as non-ignored files, run git clean -f -x<\/p>\n

Note the case difference on the X for the two latter commands.
\nRegards,
\nRajesh Kumar
\nTwitt me @ twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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