how to remove untracked files in Git?

Question

I\'m working on a branch, say \"experimental\" branch which I branch out from my master branch.Then, I generate a user model in experimental branch, but does not add them to

Answer 1

To remove untracked files / directories do:

git clean -fdx

-f - force

-d - directories too

-x - remove ignored files too ( don't use this if you don't want to remove ignored files)

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Use with Caution!
These commands can permanently delete arbitrary files, that you havn't thought of at first. Please double check and read all the comments below this answer and the --help section, etc., so to know all details to fine-tune your commands and surely get the expected result.

Answer 2

You may also return to the previous state of the local repo in another way:

1. Add the untracked files to the staging area with git add.
2. return to the previous state of the local repo with git reset --hard.