Thank you for your answers. The result from `pwd -W` is C:/Users/'My name'/Desktop/'The name of the folder' and from ' git rev-parse --show-toplevel ' is C:/Users/'My name'. I checked and there is no ".git" file in hidden files (I suppose because I never run "git init"). I am not worried about Git taking up space but about deleting files from my computer and not just from its local folder of copies.
I know that Desktop is just another folder but a lot of my files are there. This is what it shows when I run ls -asF: total 28 0 ./ 24 ../ 4 assets/ All of the commands were run in the same 'Git Bash Here' ~/Desktop/ 'The name of the folder' (master). Pe duminică, 25 octombrie 2020, la 19:43:11 UTC+2, Michael Gersten a scris: > > On 2020-10-25, at 6:05 AM, Anca Jain <anca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi! I am a beginner to Git. I opened a folder located on my Desktop with > “Git Bash Here”. I run “git add.” without entering “git init” first. Now > almost all of my computer files (the ones on the Desktop) are in the > “Untracked files” folder. > > > >... > > > > I need a command to make Git let my Desktop files alone. I don’t want to > commit my whole computer in Git, I just want to get to “working tree clean” > without deleting all of my documents. The suggestions I found on the > internet require a risk of being left with nothing on my computer. > > So just as a first comment, it's not your whole computer that's in Git. > Your desktop is just another folder in Microsoft Windows. I think (it's > been years since I've trusted Microsoft-Brand graphical windowing operating > system) that it's in HOME_DIRECTORY/Desktop on modern versions (again, has > moved over the years) -- so typically C:\Profiles\Yourname\Desktop, I think. > > "dir" on windows has support for hidden files, that are not displayed by > default. If you have a special git bash shell, you probably have a full set > of unix-like commands. > > So, send us a copy of the output from: > > ls -asF > > and we can help figure out what happened. > (That's like asking "dir" to include hidden files, but I don't remember > the option to dir to do that.) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/7b2618df-9d3a-4bbc-8dd7-452dc6f8d30fn%40googlegroups.com.
