Git remove tracked files from working dir leaving only untracked

Question

Is there a way I can kinda checkout nothing so all tracked files are removed from my working directory?

This way I can just see all my untracked files at glance with normal ls commands.

Also I could git add . then stash the new index if I just wanted to add untracked when I re checkout the branch I came from.

Not totally sure if i understand you. But i think it might be related to this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/61212/how-do-you-remove-untracked-files-from-your-git-working-copy — chrisjlee, Aug 02 '11 at 01:19
Your question title and body are asking opposite things. Your title is asking to remove un-tracked and your body is asking to remove tracked. — Andy, Aug 02 '11 at 01:24

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '11 at 01:47

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Something like this would work, but I'd make a backup first..

git ls-files | xargs rm

answered Aug 02 '11 at 01:47

Andy

Why a backup when it is in git? – manojlds Aug 02 '11 at 01:50
I'm not confident enough in my bash skills to say it won't delete something it shouldn't:) – Andy Aug 02 '11 at 01:51
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+1 though...this is what the OP wants, but seriously, he should not be wanting this. – manojlds Aug 02 '11 at 01:51
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That looks good for it :D, will consider accepting this answer. – sabgenton Aug 02 '11 at 01:53
@manojlds why not every time you checkout a branch it rm's everything tracked and then repopulates with the branch your checking out leaving untracked files untouched (scaryness here) – sabgenton Aug 02 '11 at 01:55
@manojlds I would like a nicer way to did it without the bash pipe if thats what you mean. – sabgenton Aug 02 '11 at 01:57
@Andy out of interest can I git ls untracked files? – sabgenton Aug 02 '11 at 02:06
@sabgenton `git ls-files --exclude-standard --others` You can leave out `--exclude-standard` if you want to include files from your .gitignore too – Andy Aug 02 '11 at 02:07

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