Question

I accidentally unpacked a gem (paperclip) in my root folder. Now I can’t get rid of it to save my life. I add it, remove, add it, stash it, try to check it out…nothing works. I know I’m not providing much detail, but has anyone run into this issue before? Rails env is 2.3.11.

# On branch master
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#   paperclip-2.3.16/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Answer 1

Try to do:

git rm -r --cached paperclip-2.3.16/*

You could also throw a -f on there before the --cached if you want, to try to force it.

I’m referring to this source:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-rm.html