How can I Remove DS Store files from a Git repository

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How can I remove those annoying Mac OS X  DS Store files from a Git repository

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create a  gitignore file using command touch  gitignore  and add the following lines in it   DS Store   save the  gitignore file and then push it in to your git repo

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delete them using git-rm  and then add  DS Store to  gitignore to stop them getting added again  You can also use blueharvest to stop them getting created all together

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This worked for me  combo of two answers from above      git rm --cached -f   DS Store   git commit -m  filter-branch --index-filter  git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch  DS Store    git push origin master --force

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Step 1 This will remove every  DS Store file in a directory  including subdirectories  find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch  Step 2 Add this to  gitignore to prevent any DS Store files in the root directory and every subdirectory from going to git      DS Store  From the git docs    A leading  quot    quot  followed by a slash means match in all directories  For example   quot    foo quot  matches file or directory  quot foo quot  anywhere  the same as pattern  quot foo quot    quot    foo bar quot  matches file or directory  quot bar quot  anywhere that is directly under directory  quot foo quot

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For some reason none of the above worked on my mac   My solution is from the terminal run   rm  DS Store   Then run following command   git pull origin master

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Best way to get rid of this file forever and never have to worry about it again is   make a global  gitignore file   echo  DS Store       gitignore global  And let git know that you want to use this file for all of your repositories   git config --global core excludesfile    gitignore global And that   s it   DS Store is out of your way

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git commit -m  filter-branch --index-filter  git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch  DS Store    git push origin master --force

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I made  git checkout --     DS Store     Discarding local changes  permanently  to a file  And it worked ok

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Open terminal and type  cd  lt  ProjectPath      Remove existing files  find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch nano  gitignore Add this  DS Store type  ctrl   x  Type  y  Enter to save file git add  gitignore git commit -m   DS Store removed

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Use this command to remove the existing files   find   -name    DS Store  -type f -delete   Then add  DS Store to  gitignore

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In case you want to remove DS Store files to every folder and subfolder   In case of already committed DS Store   find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch   Ignore them by   echo   DS Store   gt  gt     gitignore global echo     DS Store   gt  gt     gitignore global echo      DS Store   gt  gt     gitignore global echo        DS Store   gt  gt     gitignore global git config --global core excludesfile    gitignore global

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Remove existing files from the repository   find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch   Add the line   DS Store   to the file  gitignore  which can be found at the top level of your repository  or created if it isn t there already   You can do this easily with this command in the top directory  echo  DS Store  gt  gt   gitignore   Then  git add  gitignore git commit -m   DS Store banished

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Combining benzado and webmat s answers  updating with git rm  not failing on files found that aren t in repo  and making it paste-able generically for any user     remove any existing files from the repo  skipping over ones not in repo find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch   specify a global exclusion list git config --global core excludesfile    gitignore   adding  DS Store to that list echo  DS Store  gt  gt     gitignore

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This will work   find   -name    DS Store  -type f -exec git-rm         It deletes all files whose names end with  DS Store  including    DS Store

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When initializing your repository  skip the git command that contains  -u   and it shouldn t be an issue

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The following worked best for me   Handled unmatched files  and files with local modifications   For reference  this was on a Mac 10 7 system running git 1 7 4 4   Find and remove   find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch -f   I also globally ignore  DS Store across all repositories by setting a global core excludesfile   First  create the file  if one doesn t already exist    touch    gitignore   Then add the following line and save    DS Store   Now configure git to respect the file globally   git config --global core excludesfile    gitignore

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No need to remove  DS STORE locally  Just add it to  gitignore file     The  gitignore file is just a text file that tells Git which files or folders to ignore in a project    Commands   nano  gitignore Write  DS Store Then click CTRL X  gt  y  gt  Hit Return git status To have a last look at your changes git add  gitignore git commit -m  YOUR COMMIT MESSAGE  git push origin master

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I m a bit late to the party  but I have a good answer  To remove the  DS Store files  use the following commands from a terminal window  but be very careful deleting files with  find   Using a specific name with the -name option is one of the safer ways to use it   cd directory above affected workareas find   -name  DS Store -delete   You can leave off the  -delete  if you want to simply list them before and after  That will reassure you that they re gone   With regard to the    gitignore global advice  be careful here  You want to place that nice file into  gitignore within the top level of each workarea and commit it  so that anyone who clones your repo will gain the benefit of its use

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In some situations you may also want to ignore some files globally  For me   DS Store is one of them  Here s how   git config --global core excludesfile  Users mat  gitignore    Or any file of your choice   Then edit the file just like a repo s  gitignore  Note that I think you have to use an absolute path

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I had to change git-rm to git rm in the above to get it to work   find   -depth -name   DS Store  -exec git rm --cached         -print

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Top voted answer is awesome  but helping out the rookies like me  here is how to create the  gitignore file  edit it  save it  remove the files you might have already added to git  then push up the file to Github    Create the  gitignore file  To create a  gitignore file  you can just touch the file which creates a blank file with the specified name  We want to create the file named  gitignore so we can use the command   touch  gitignore  Ignore the files  Now you have to add the line which tells git to ignore the DS Store files to your  gitignore  You can use the nano editor to do this    nano  gitignore  Nano is nice because it includes instructions on how to get out of it   Ctrl-O to save  Ctrl-X to exit   Copy and paste some of the ideas from this Github gist which lists some common files to ignore  The most important ones  to answer this question  would be      OS generated files                           DS Store  DS Store    The   are comments  and will help you organize your file as it grows   This Github article also has some general ideas and guidelines    Remove the files already added to git  Finally  you need to actually remove those DS Store files from your directory    Use this great command from the top voted answer  This will go through all the folders in your directory  and remove those files from git   find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch  Push  gitignore up to Github  Last step  you need to actually commit your  gitignore file    git status  git add  gitignore  git commit -m   DS Store banished

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I found that the following line from snipplr does best on wiping all  DS Store  including one that has local modifications   find   -depth -name   DS Store  -exec git-rm --cached         -print   --cached option  keeps your local  DS Store since it gonna be reproduced anyway   And just like mentioned all above  add  DS Store to  gitignore file on the root of your project  Then it will be no longer in your sight  of repos

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Remove ignored files     DS Store     find   -name  DS Store -print0   xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch

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There are a few solutions to resolve this problem   To avoid creating  DS Store files  do not to use the OS X Finder to view folders  An alternative way to view folders is to use UNIX command line  To remove the  DS Store files a third-party product called DS Store Terminator can be used  To delete the  DS Store files from the entire system a UNIX shell command can be used  Launch Terminal from Applications Utilities At the UNIX shell prompt enter the following UNIX command  sudo find   -name   DS Store  -depth -exec rm       When prompted for a password enter the Mac OS X Administrator password   This command is to find and remove all occurrences of  DS Store starting from the root     of the file system through the entire machine  To configure this command to run as a scheduled task follow the steps below  Launch Terminal from Applications Utilities At the UNIX shell prompt enter the following UNIX command   sudo crontab -e When prompted for a password enter the Mac OS X Administrator password  Once in the vi editor press the letter I on your keyboard once and enter the following   15 1       root find   -name   DS Store  -depth -exec rm        This is called crontab entry  which has the following format   Minute Hour DayOfMonth Month DayOfWeek User Command   The crontab entry means that the command will be executed by the system automatically at 1 15 AM everyday by the account called root   The command starts from find all the way to   If the system is not running this command will not get executed   To save the entry press the Esc key once  then simultaneously press Shift   z  z   Note  Information in Step 4 is for the vi editor only

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If you are unable to remove the files because they have changes staged use     git rm --cached -f   DS Store

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The best solution to tackle this issue is to Globally ignore these files from all the git repos on your system  This can be done by creating a global gitignore file like   vi    gitignore global   Adding Rules for ignoring files like     Compiled source                         com   class   dll   exe   o   so    Packages                  it s better to unpack these files and commit the raw source   git has its own built in compression methods   7z   dmg   gz   iso   jar   rar   tar   zip    Logs and databases                            log   sql   sqlite    OS generated files                           DS Store  DS Store       Spotlight-V100  Trashes ehthumbs db Thumbs db   Now  add this file to your global git config   git config --global core excludesfile    gitignore global   Edit   Removed Icons as they might need to be committed as application assets

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add this to your file  gitignore   Ignore folder mac  DS Store   save this and make commit   git add -A git commit -m  ignore  DS Store    and now you ignore this for all your commits

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