Remove a modified file from pull request

Question

I have 3 modified files  no new files  in a pull request at the moment    I would like to remove one of those files from the pull request  so that the pull request only contains changes to two files and leaves the third in its original  untouched state    I have tried a couple things  checking out the original version of the file  etc     but it still shows as a changed file in the PR   Is there a solution to this

User · Answer

Switch to the branch from which you created the pull request:

$ git checkout pull-request-branch

Overwrite the modified file(s) with the file in another branch, let's consider it's master:

git checkout origin/master -- src/main/java/HelloWorld.java

Commit and push it to the remote:

git commit -m "Removed a modified file from pull request"
git push origin pull-request-branch

User · Answer

Removing a file from pull request but not from your local repository   Go to your branch from where you created the request use the following commands  git checkout -- c  temp      next git checkout origin master -- c  temp    u replace origin master with any other branch  Next git commit -m c  temp      Next git push origin Note   no single quote or double quotes for the filepath

User · Answer

You would want to amend the commit and then do a force push which will update the branch with the PR     Here s how I recommend you do this    Close the PR so that whomever is reviewing it doesn t pull it in until you ve made your changes  Do a Soft reset to the commit before your unwanted change  if this is the last commit you can use git reset --soft HEAD  or if it s a different commit  you would want to replace  HEAD   with the commit id  Discard  or undo  any changes to the file that you didn t intend to update Make a new commit git commit -a -c ORIG HEAD Force Push to your branch Re-Open Pull Request   The now that your branch has been updated  the Pull Request will include your changes   Here s a link to Gits documentation where they have a pretty good example under Undo a commit and redo

User · Answer

A pull request is just that  a request to merge one branch into another   Your pull request doesn t  contain  anything  it s just a marker saying  please merge this branch into that one    The set of changes the PR shows in the web UI is just the changes between the target branch and your feature branch  To modify your pull request  you must modify your feature branch  probably with a force push to the feature branch   In your case  you ll probably want to amend your commit  Not sure about your exact situation  but some combination of interactive rebase and add -p should sort you out

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