removing unrecognized file from git repo code example

Example 1: how to delete unstaged files that were recently added locally

To see what files will be removed:
git clean -n <optional file_name/dir>

To actually delete those files:
git clean -f <optional file_name/dir>

Example 2: remove gitignore files

git ls-files --ignored --exclude-standard -z | xargs -0 git rm --cached
git commit -am "Remove ignored files"


// answer from: thSoft

Example 3: git abandon untracked files

git clean -i

Example 4: git remove file from gitignore

git rm --cached <file>

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