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Jenn
Jenn

Reputation: 11

git repository tracking files from another local repository

I created a new remote repo using files from a local rep (repo is called red). For some reason red is tracking a file from midas, a completely different repo. I tried deleting everything and starting from scratch and it's still tracking this file from midas.

https://i.sstatic.net/k1I1y.png

I see it says "use git checkout file" to discard changes, but I'm new to git and nervous about what will happen

Upvotes: 1

Views: 182

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1330052

A folder (like midas) with "new commits" associated to its status means it is a git submodule (checkout if you have a ../.gitmodules files)

If it is, you can remove that submodule if you don't need it.
See instructions here.

Note that your main repo is in ~jenminervas/code and not in ~jenminervas/code/red.
If that is not what you want, you should delete (or at least rename) ~jenminervas/code/.git.

Upvotes: 1

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