Ignoring hidden git files

Question

I have added files ending in ~in my repository on GitHub and now I want to delete them.

For example, I added:

README.md

and file

README.md~ 

.

Any help please?

Answer 1

To ignore the entire file ending in ~, you must add it to the file .gitignoreat the top level in your repository (next to the directory .git).

# Ignore all emacs backup files
*~

Then, to change the history and delete the file, README.md~you can do it manually with git rebase --interactiveor try to use git filter-branch:

$ git filter-branch --prune-empty --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch README.md~' HEAD

Answer 2

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git rm README.md~

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Answer 3

, git rebase -i:

• git rm, *~ .gitignore .
• git rebase -i commit_before_the_file_was_added
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