Re: I messed up my own git tree and I don't know how to fix it.

[Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>]

Hi Rob,

On 21/04/2019 13:34, rob wrote:
> didn't work.  I did not get any error messages, just didn't work.  
> After I did
>
>   git reset --hard
>
>   git status
>
> I see the same 3 files that say changes not staged for commit: 
> modified and it lists the same 3 files.
Could this be that the file timestamps are being changed in the 
background and git is detecting those timestamp changes, even when there 
is no change to the files.
- Just as thought.

(In-line posting is preferred, so as to see the replies in context)
Philip

>
> --rob
>
>
> On 4/21/19 1:03 AM, Adrian H wrote:
>> If I understand the commands you are using correctly, you are
>> referencing the remote repo.  You need to reference the local repo.
>> So try using the following commands:
>>
>> git checkout -- alecthomas/gometalinter
>> git checkout -- kisielk/errcheck
>> git checkout -- rogpeppe/godef
>>
>> Or if those are the only files that have been modified, then you can
>> use the following single command:
>>
>> git reset --hard
>>
>> and that will reset all files that have not been staged.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:22 PM rob <drrob100@fastmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have my own code at a github repository, using Go.  Part of using Go
>>> libraries not part of the official Go people is by using a system they
>>> call go get.  This essentially uses git to, well, go get source code.
>>> Mine are at github.com and golang.org.  My computer runs LinuxMint 
>>> 19.1.
>>>
>>> I used goland IDE from jetbrains to run go fmt on my entire project.
>>> Now I am getting this message that I cannot get rid of:
>>>
>>> changes not staged for commit:
>>>
>>>     modified: github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter (modified content)
>>>
>>>     modified: github.com/kisielk/errcheck (modified content)
>>>
>>>     modified: github.com/rogpeppe/godef (modified content)
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not want any changes to central repos to be tracked or committed,
>>> but I cannot undo this.  I tried, for example,
>>>
>>> git checkout -- github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
>>>
>>> I don't get an error message but it does not do anything.  The file is
>>> not changes, and git status show me the same information, ie, these
>>> files have changes not staged for commit.
>>>
>>> I do not know how to restore these files to the state they were in in
>>> the repo, and to have my own git tree not to flag this as an unstaged
>>> alteration.  Running rm -rfv on the repos on my computer, then running
>>> go get to restore them does not change git status. It still sahs 
>>> changes
>>> not stated for commit: modified.
>>>
>>> This happens for the above 3 tree items.
>>>
>>> How do I restore these to the github remote repository condition and 
>>> not
>>> have my own git tree mark these as changed?
>>>
>>> --rob solomon
>>>
>>