Re: Deleted folder keeps showing up?
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
- Date
- Sep 4, 2009, 07:41 UTC
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Benjamin Buch venit, vidit, dixit 03.09.2009 18:59:
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> I made a branch and deleted a folder there with git rm -rf foldername. > So now i have to branches, A with the folder and B without the folder. > > I'm on B, the folder is not there. > Then I check out A, the folder shows up like it should. > When I check out B again, the folder is still there. > > A git rm -rf folder gives me: > > fatal: pathspec 'folder/' did not match any files > > , so git is not tracking the folder. > > I can rm -rf the filder without git and start the whole game from the > beginning, > but there has to be a better way? > > Strange enough this happens just to two folders I removed, > with others there is no problem.
What does "git status" say when you've checked out B? Could some contents of folder/ possibly be being ignored (.git/info/excludes etc.)?
Michael