From: rob Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:34:30 GMT Subject: Re: I messed up my own git tree and I don't know how to fix it. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: didn't work.  I did not get any error messages, just didn't work.  After I did   git reset --hard   git status I see the same 3 files that say changes not staged for commit: modified and it lists the same 3 files. --rob On 4/21/19 1:03 AM, Adrian H wrote: > If I understand the commands you are using correctly, you are > referencing the remote repo. You need to reference the local repo. > So try using the following commands: > > git checkout -- alecthomas/gometalinter > git checkout -- kisielk/errcheck > git checkout -- rogpeppe/godef > > Or if those are the only files that have been modified, then you can > use the following single command: > > git reset --hard > > and that will reset all files that have not been staged. > > HTH > > > A > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:22 PM rob wrote: >> I have my own code at a github repository, using Go. Part of using Go >> libraries not part of the official Go people is by using a system they >> call go get. This essentially uses git to, well, go get source code. >> Mine are at github.com and golang.org. My computer runs LinuxMint 19.1. >> >> I used goland IDE from jetbrains to run go fmt on my entire project. >> Now I am getting this message that I cannot get rid of: >> >> changes not staged for commit: >> >> modified: github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter (modified content) >> >> modified: github.com/kisielk/errcheck (modified content) >> >> modified: github.com/rogpeppe/godef (modified content) >> >> >> I do not want any changes to central repos to be tracked or committed, >> but I cannot undo this. I tried, for example, >> >> git checkout -- github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter >> >> I don't get an error message but it does not do anything. The file is >> not changes, and git status show me the same information, ie, these >> files have changes not staged for commit. >> >> I do not know how to restore these files to the state they were in in >> the repo, and to have my own git tree not to flag this as an unstaged >> alteration. Running rm -rfv on the repos on my computer, then running >> go get to restore them does not change git status. It still sahs changes >> not stated for commit: modified. >> >> This happens for the above 3 tree items. >> >> How do I restore these to the github remote repository condition and not >> have my own git tree mark these as changed? >> >> --rob solomon >> >