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Asked: 2026-06-03T05:45:29+00:00

When I run ‘git checkout’, I also want to delete all additional files that

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When I run ‘git checkout’, I also want to delete all additional files that have been created after commit.

But I couldn’t find the way. Here is the thing I tested,

I created a directory test and made a file test/test.txt after I commit.

Then I run git add . and git checkout, but the new file and directory were not deleted.

Why the new files were still exist even though I put command git checkout as roll-back?

How can I go back to the stage completely?

Thank you for your time and reading my question.

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  1. Editorial Team

    check out this thread: How do I revert all local changes in Git managed project to previous state?

    As Thr4wn notes, git reset --hard will solve your particular problem. However, as noted in the thread linked above, it will not remove untracked files: it removes your second file only because you previously ran git add .

    git clean -fd seems to be the solution that removes EVERYTHING you added after the commit (this means you will lose all those files).

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