Re: How does Git know which files no longer needed during upgrade?

From: Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe+git@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 4, 2009, 12:28 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20090304T122643-455@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090304094951.GA32433@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff <at> peff.net> writes:

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> 
> > cd /path/to/copy
> > rm -rf *
> > cp -a /path/to/new/version/* .
> > git add -A
> > git commit -m 'update foo to 2.0'
> 
> Nit: "rm -rf *" will miss files starting with '.'. So it is probably
> simpler to say what you mean: delete all files managed by git:
> 
>   git ls-files -z | xargs -0 rm -f
> 
> -Peff

But maybe one wants to keep a .gitignore file.

Regrads, Stefan