源树git repo停止跟踪不存在的文件

Question

I just was working on a branch, and when I went to make a commit a file appeared to be tracked that I seemed to have created unintentionally as some stage.

The problem is that this file doesn't exist anymore and I cant stop tracking something that doesn't exist

fatal: pathspec 'app/HttpControllers/Admin/Logic.php' did not match any files'

I have no idea how this happened, but how can I get rid of it because i can't merge the branch as it says I still have a file in my working directory.

Just a note, I can't stage this file because it doesn't exist. So I am out of idea's.

Answer 1

I cant stop tracking something that doesn't exist

It may not exist on the disk anymore, but it could still be referenced in the index. Check the output of git ls-files .

If you see it, you can remove it from the index:

git rm --cached -- app/HttpControllers/Admin/Logic.php