remove added files git code example

Example 1: git remove file from repo that has been added to gitignore

Commit any files that you need to change/delete to the repo. Then:

git rm -r --cached .  # this will clean all files from cache. To clean a single file, exchange '.' with filename
git add .  # add all of the now uncached files that are not gitignored to the staging area
git commit -m "fix .gitignore"  # commit the changes

Example 2: git undo add

// undo add for one file
git reset <file>

// undo add for all files
git reset

Example 3: git remove added file

# you can undo git add before commit with:
git reset <file-name>
# or this command to unstage all due changes:
git reset

Example 4: git remove added file to commint

git reset file-name

Example 5: how to unadd gitr file

git reset HEAD myfile.txt