How to 'Git Remove' files from a deleted folder?

Question

I am using git remove git rm . I made the simple/stupid mistake of manually deleting a folder with all the files in it BEFORE I used git rm .

Now I have >15 files that I want to delete from my repo but NOT type out.

Is there a way to do this?

git status

deleted:    Literature/abc.md
deleted:    Literature/acdf.pdf
deleted:    Literature/dsfsdf.pdf
deleted:    Literature/dfgdfs.pdf
deleted:    Literature/sgadfgaa.md
deleted:    Literature/sdsds.pdf
deleted:    Literature/sddvasds.rmd
deleted:    Literature/ddsds.md
deleted:    Literature/fsdfsdsd.png

Answer 1

Yes they're deleted from your worktree , but these files were saved in last revision*, so you just have to restore these files as they were at last commit :

git checkout -- full/path/to/Literature/

then rm them as you intended in the first place.

* (unless these are new added files but you didn't say so)

Answer 2

If you have no other changes currently, and you are sure you need to revert back to the last committed state,

you can use , git reset --hard which moves the HEAD to last committed hash and discarding all your local changes after that commit

Or, safer way is to do a git reset {path to your deleted folder} first, to make the files unstaged for next commit, and then doing git checkout -- {path to your deleted folder} as suggested by @RomainValeri

Answer 3

You can use the command

git rm -r --cached 

For more details follow the link Bit Bucket Documentation