GIT: error: pathspec 'xxx did not match any file(s) known to git

Question

I have some trouble with a git repository of mine and I cant find the error :(

Thing is, I had this repository already in use for a PHP project. everything was fine. The

Answer 1

I often have this problem if something has changed, added files to gitignore or something else. Maybe you have to rebuild the index.

Updated: added recursive and file param to git rm

In my case this worked:

remove cached files (only the paths are removed from the index, not the real files!!!)

git rm -r --cached .

add all files to the index

git add .

commit

git commit -m "hopefully fixed pathspec error"

UPDATE: If this won't work, try the following:

• Get a new checkout from your repo
• remove composer, composer.lock, vendor/ from your .gitignore
• run the above suggestion again
• move the folders composer, composer.lock, vendor/ outside your repo
• add and commit, maybe add with -A to add that the files are deleted
• add composer, composer.lock, vendor/ to your .gitignore and commit
• move back the folders composer, composer.lock, vendor/ to your repo

Now it should be gone from the repo and due to your .gitignore, never will be commited again. Hopefully the pathspec error is gone :)