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Asked: May 22, 20262026-05-22T20:37:49+00:00 2026-05-22T20:37:49+00:00

git status reports a large set of file to be new, modified and deleted

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git status reports a large set of file to be “new”, “modified” and “deleted” in a directory tree I never worked in. In Subversion I would do a svn revert --recursive iPhone (I don’t work on the iPhone version of the App) and be done with. But with Git things are not easy. With Git everything it is always complicated.

So I am in bit of a panic because the iPhone team would tear me apart if I mess up there code. And it would be a mayor mess as more then 50 files are reported changed.

Can anybody help me?

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    2026-05-22T20:37:49+00:00Added an answer on May 22, 2026 at 8:37 pm

    The equivalent Git command is:

    git reset --hard HEAD
    

    Be aware that this will throw away any local changes you have made in the whole tree (since the last commit). Be careful with this, it’s a good idea to take a backup of your entire repository until you check that this really does what you want.

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