git push trying to push files not listed in git ls-files

Question

I accidentally committed an unnecessary large subfolder xxxxx in my repo, and when I realized this while pushing, I stopped the push midway through.

Then I removed a

Answer 1

Since the commit, that needs editing is on the head of branch, you probably can get away just with amending it. So do the git rm and then git commit --amend

This will merge changes into most recent commit, instead of creating new one