Git Reset --hard leaves newly added files

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I have used git reset --hard however it has left files the were just created and not committed. Is that by design? Is there an easy way to clear all these files as well?

Does this answer your question? [git reset --hard HEAD leaves untracked files behind](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4327708/git-reset-hard-head-leaves-untracked-files-behind) — Andrei Kovrov, Nov 10 '20 at 20:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '20 at 20:54

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Is that by design?

Yes.

Is there an easy way to clear all these files as well?

git clean -fd

answered Nov 10 '20 at 20:54

KamilCuk

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '20 at 20:55

git reset --hard changes all files in the index, but not the untracked files, as you noticed.

You can use (note: DANGEROUS because irreversible. Removed files cannot be recovered.):

git clean -dfx

if you want to remove all untracked files. The options:

-d : remove directories as well
-f : force = really remove (when you leave out this flag, it is a "dry-run")
-x : remove also files ignored by .gitignore

Git Reset --hard leaves newly added files

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