Git by default only makes changes to your local branch. if you want to make changes to your remote repository you need to specifically tell git that.
For example: git branch -- list local branches git branch -a lists local and remote. HOWEVER if you have created branches from a different computer you will need to fetch them before seeing them git fetch Now to change the code on the remote you would have to include something like git rm ..file origin master where origin is the actual link to your remote repository. Find this book: http://progit.org/ it will show you all you need to know, and more then you wanted to know about git. On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, lyn2py <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bruce for replying this holiday season! Merry Xmas :) > > Regarding filter-branch: > http://dalibornasevic.com/posts/2-permanently-remove-files-and-folders-from-a-git-repository > It was supposed to remove the folders/files from the git repo, no > sure if it was supposed to touch my local repo - but if it presumably > did, then it was the root cause of my missing folders. > > Thanks also for the tips with git rm, branch, checkout - you certainly > helped out a git newbie. > > ---------- > > @Chandrakant, I jumped straight into git without learning it first - > just followed the tutorials online. Fortunately the loss of data > wasn't major, just some (many!) test entries in the database (I lost > my whole databases folder trying to remove it from a previous > commit). > But I wondered if I could have blundered worse with Mercurial: > > http://blog.extracheese.org/2010/05/why-i-switched-to-git-from-mercurial.html > > Thanks for your reply and happy holidays! > > > > On Dec 26, 1:39 am, Bruce Wade <[email protected]> wrote: > > Git rm would do the trick. Besides that switching to a branch that never > > had them folders would also do the same thing. > > > > git rm -- removes files/folders > > git branch -- lists your current branch > > git checkout branch -- switches to a new branch and if that new branch > > didn't have the folders, then they disappear from your fill system and > > return after you switch back to the original branch. > > IF you typed this line incorrect: git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf > > databases/' HEAD if would remove all the files in the databases folder > from > > HEAD this line also looks like it might "filter-branch" looking at > > gitignore and removing anything that is in there. (I am only guessing at > > this last one because I have never used filter-branch --tree-filter > etc... > > > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 3:00 AM, chandrakant kumar < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM, lyn2py <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> I was playing around with some Git commands and accidentally deleted > > >> the folders on my local machine that were set to "untrack" in > > >> my .gitignore (is this coincidental?) > > > > >> I didn't realize they got deleted until after the entire session of > > >> trying out Git commands. > > > > >> I have been trying to retrace my steps to figure out which commands or > > >> actions caused me to lose my folders, but to no avail. It's been > > >> bugging me for a while so... it would be great if any Git users can > > >> point out what commands may have caused my local folders to get > > >> deleted. They didn't even appear in the trash can... I have no idea > > >> how it happened. > > > > >> I went through the commands I used during the period, and they were > > >> (some commands were typed many times over): > > >> git init > > >> git commit -m "some message" > > >> git push > > >> git push origin master > > >> git push -u origin master > > >> git add . > > >> git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf databases/' HEAD > > >> git rebase -i HEAD~2 > > >> git reset --hard HEAD > > >> git push origin master --force > > >> git log > > >> git status > > > > > That is why i gave up trying to learn git and moved to mercurial. > > > > -- > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Wadehttp:// > ca.linkedin.com/in/brucelwadehttp://www.wadecybertech.comhttp://www.warplydesigned.comhttp://www.fitnessfriendsfinder.com > -- -- Regards, Bruce Wade http://ca.linkedin.com/in/brucelwade http://www.wadecybertech.com http://www.warplydesigned.com http://www.fitnessfriendsfinder.com
