Git commit -a is showing all files as deleted

Question

I believe some of the people might have encountered this similar issue.

Suddenly, when I do git commit -a, it states that all my files are deleted and I need to add them back in.

Based on some of the discussions here, it looks like it might have to do with .git/index being messed up

I have tried removing the .git/index file and then doing git reset --hard HEAD but to no avail.

Is there anything else I can do to get out of this crappy situation without having to re-clone? I know wiping my whole repo and doing re-clone will work but is very cumbersome to have to do that every time I have this situation.

I do use IntelliJ to work off my repo, is it possible it is messing up my git index?

Thanks

Answer 1

What are the actual changes you do before committing? Is it some move/rename changes? The issue looks like https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-181823