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Rodrigo Souza
Rodrigo Souza

Reputation: 7352

Remove file from the repository but keep it locally

I have a folder which I'd like to remove in my remote repository. I'd like to delete it, but keep the folder in my computer

Upvotes: 481

Views: 129495

Answers (2)

jamessan
jamessan

Reputation: 42757

git rm --cached -r somedir

Will stage the deletion of the directory, but doesn't touch anything on disk. This works also for a file, like: 

git rm --cached somefile.ext

Afterwards you may want to add somedir/ or somefile.ext to your .gitignore file so that git doesn't try to add it back.

Upvotes: 840

Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 1812

I would just:

  • Move the folder out of your working tree
  • git rm the folder, commit the change
  • Add to .gitignore (or .git/info/excludes), commit the change
  • Move the folder back

Upvotes: 5

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