Remove weird 'Iconr' file from the repository

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ATV picture ATV · Mar 23, 2014 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

In my git repository I've got a weird file in the staging area that's refusing to be reverted, removed, committed - basically I can't make it go away..

The file must be some ancient OS 9 file sitting there in the folder for years.

Couple days ago I've removed the file in the file system so now git is tracking the deletion of Iconr.

However, it's stuck there.

The error I'm getting via SourceTree (my git UI client) is

fatal: pathspec 'folder/Iconr' did not match any files

Any idea how to make git completely forget about that file?

Answer

Tak picture Tak · Oct 22, 2014

Adding a line

Icon?

to .gitignore worked for me.

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/167170/removing-invisible-icon-files-on-a-local-repository-on-a-mac

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