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    copied!<p>I am working in a submodule and am having trouble untracking a folder full of files </p> <pre><code>$ git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/office2003/fck_dialog.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/office2003/fck_editor.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/silver/fck_dialog.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/silver/fck_editor.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckconfig.js # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckeditor.js # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckpackager.xml </code></pre> <p>I type</p> <pre><code>git reset --hard </code></pre> <p>which returns</p> <blockquote> <p>HEAD is now at b2c5a77 nothing</p> </blockquote> <p>However when I type </p> <pre><code>git status </code></pre> <p>I am again greeted with the long list of files. I have tried to </p> <pre><code>git clean -f </code></pre> <p>and also removed the entire submodule and checked out from the master server. I have also tried to delete the entire project whom the submodule belongs to, pulled that and then initiated and updated the submodule but to no avail.</p> <pre><code>rm -rf project git clone foo@bar.project.net:/home/rails/repo/gits/project.com #Cloning into project... #remote: Counting objects: 2452, done. #remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2040/2040), done. #remote: Total 2452 (delta 1238), reused 582 (delta 145) #Receiving objects: 100% (2452/2452), 561.32 KiB | 438 KiB/s, done. #Resolving deltas: 100% (1238/1238), done. cd project.com git submodule init git submodule update #Cloning into vendor/plugins/project_engine... cd vendor/plugins/project_engine $ git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/office2003/fck_dialog.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/office2003/fck_editor.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/silver/fck_dialog.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/editor/skins/silver/fck_editor.css # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckconfig.js # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckeditor.js # modified: public/javascripts/app/fckeditor/fckpackager.xml </code></pre> <p>The only thing that seems to remove the files is if I log on as another use on my Mac, which makes me think its a problem my local machine and not the repo itself.</p> <p>I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall GIT and am currently running 1.7.5.4 install and complied with the help of brew (Ruby package manger).</p> <p>How do I remove these files from git status?</p>
 

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