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Jim Wang
Jim Wang

Reputation: 461

How can I add folders and files back to git tracking after git rm command?

I removed a folder from my git repo by mistake with git rm commands. Now, whatever modification I make in that fold will not show up in git status How can I make git track this missing folder again? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 808

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1329092

git rm alone would not prevent git status to show differences in the folder.

Check if you have a .gitignore rule which would explain why git status does not work in that folder.

git check-ignore -v -- yourFolder/aFile_inside_that_folder

If it displays a .gitignore filename and a line, you will know why you don't see anything.
You can then delete that rule, and git status should work again.

From the OP Jim Wang's comment

I tried the command you provided, and the output is:

fatal: Pathspec 'myFolder/setup.sh' is in submodule 'higherleveFolder/myFolder'.

At the very beginning, "myFolder" is a separate repo I cloned inside the original repo.
Could you tell me how to clean up everything and make git track "myFolder" again?

If you have a .gitmodules in the main repository root folder, try what I recommended in 2013:

0. mv a/submodule a/submodule_tmp

1. git submodule deinit -f -- higherleveFolder/myFolder
2. rm -rf .git/modules/higherleveFolder/myFolder
3. git rm --cached higherleveFolder/myFolder
# Note: higherleveFolder/myFolder (no trailing slash)

From there, you can git add, commit and push higherleveFolder/myFolder content.

Upvotes: 1

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