benzittlau/Remove From Git By Extension

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Remove all *.swp files from a git repository

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Remove From Git By Extension

git ls-files | grep '\.swp$' | xargs git rm

meker12 commented Jun 6, 2014

Thank you!

phonyphonecall commented Jan 12, 2015

Cool!

andrewhau1 commented Jan 28, 2015

Thanks!

vpankajakshan commented Feb 19, 2015

Thanks a lot!!

rd13 commented May 14, 2015

Beautiful.

ctrlaltdylan commented Aug 24, 2015

If you get a little prompt about forcing a deletion:

git ls-files | grep '\.swp$' | xargs git rm -f

Thank you!

kurtisdunn commented Jan 5, 2016

Mad!

DanielBonnery commented Apr 6, 2016

I tried to add the argument --cached like that:
git ls-files | grep '\.Rproj$' | xargs git rm --cached

It did not work

kanekalla commented Feb 23, 2017

Thank You !!

stephswo commented Oct 19, 2017

This worked perfectly, thanks!

marobo commented Nov 8, 2017

Thank You.!

yvele commented Oct 30, 2018

Thanks

GammachisT commented Jun 9, 2023

Wow amazing code
Thanks

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