How do you remove files from one and only one branch in git

Question

I want a branch to hold all the files from my master branch except for foo.txt and foo2.txt. How do I do this?

Joel · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-18T05:24:26.617

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You have to branch off from master. Check out a new branch and remove the files you do not want.

git checkout master

Once in master:

git checkout -b new_branch

rm foo.txt
rm foo2.txt

git add -u
git commit -m "removed foo and foo2"
git push origin new_branch

edited Feb 18 '15 at 05:24

answered Feb 04 '15 at 21:33

Joel

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Note that this *probably* won't work as written. You need the `-u` option provided to `git add` if you want it to stage the deletions. (http://stackoverflow.com/q/2190409) – Craig Otis Feb 04 '15 at 21:40
Why do you need the -u? – user678392 Feb 04 '15 at 22:24
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git add -u will operate on the entire tree it will commit the deleted files – Joel Feb 04 '15 at 22:25

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