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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

Please look at the suggested related questions as you're writing yours - the duplicate was probably one of the first two.

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jamessan
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.


And then add the path to .gitignore so git doesn't try to make you add it later.
Will this result in (files in) the directory being removed when he pulls from the remote?
Not when he pulls; the files will stay removed locally during the pull's automatic merge process. After that, a push will cause the files to be removed server-side.
What happens if I have a third remote? Will the corresponding files get removed in a future pull? I ask because I feel this is quite a common use case, i.e. check some files into the repo, realise at a later date that they diverge between remotes, for good reason, and should never have been in the repo in the first place, want to resolve that by keeping all local checkouts exactly as they are, but removing the files from the repo.
For single files, you can do git rm --cached path/to/file
J
Jeff

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


this is not a good solution - what if you have a very large directory?
probably need to use git rm -r
@loostro just don't move it to another block device. The most file systems will just update the file's inode, and not literally move the entire directory