Git rm several files?
Solution 1
You can give wildcards to git rm
.
e.g.
git rm *.c
Or you can just write down the names of all the files in another file, say filesToRemove.txt
:
path/to/file.c
path/to/another/file2.c
path/to/some/other/file3.c
You can automate this:
find . -name '*.c' > filesToRemove.txt
Open the file and review the names (to make sure it's alright).
Then:
cat filesToRemove.txt | xargs git rm
Or:
for i in `cat filesToRemove.txt`; do git rm $i; done
Check the manpage for xargs
for more options (esp. if it's too many files).
Solution 2
Just delete them using any other method (Explorer, whatever), then run git add -A
. As to reverting several files, you can also checkout a directory.
Solution 3
I found git rm
's handling of wild cards annoying. Find can do the trick in one line:
find . -name '*.c' -exec git rm {} \;
the {}
is where the file name will be substituted. The great thing about find
is it can filter on a huge variety of file attributes not just name.
Solution 4
For removing multiple files at once, you might want to checkout the answer here
You can delete the files that you don't want and run this command: git rm $(git ls-files --deleted)
Solution 5
Easy way:
- Delete files in your file explorer
- use
git ls-files --deleted | xargs git add
to stage them. They will be removed in the remote once you push.
Git way: Referencing what @CpILL said (https://stackoverflow.com/a/34889424/6538751) use
find . -name 'DeleteMe*.cs' -exec git rm {} \;
you can utilize wildcards.
Tower
Updated on January 15, 2021Comments
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Tower over 3 years
How do I easily remove several files without manually typing the full paths of all of them to
git rm
? I have plenty of modified files I'd like to keep so removing all modified is not possible either.And also it is possible to revert the changes of several files without manually typing
git checkout -- /path/to/file
?