Re: [git-users] I need a safe command to make Git let my Desktop files alone

2020-10-27 Thread Philip Oakley
> from ' git rev-parse --show-toplevel ' is C:/Users/'My name'. This result indicates that that particular Git invocation believes that there is a repository who's top level is at ' C:/Users/'My name'. hence I would expect that you will find a potentially hidden '.git' folder located at

Re: [git-users] I need a safe command to make Git let my Desktop files alone

2020-10-27 Thread Anca Jain
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

Re: [git-users] I need a safe command to make Git let my Desktop files alone

2020-10-25 Thread Michael
On 2020-10-25, at 6:05 AM, Anca Jain 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”

[git-users] I need a safe command to make Git let my Desktop files alone

2020-10-25 Thread Anca Jain
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 already ran “git -r - -rm cached” but Git deleted