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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
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