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Question

I am new to Git. I have created an account on bitbucket and downloaded TortoiseGit.

I'm on Windows 7 and on the desktop i right clicked and thought "add git repo here" would create an empty folder that could be committed but turns out it has *staged * every folder on the desktop to be committed to master instead.

How do i undo this? Please help!!

Answer 1

Make sure to turn on Show hidden files in Explorer. Then delete .git directory in your desktop

Answer 2

Try this

git reset HEAD *

It would unstage all of your files and none of your changes will go away.

Answer 3

Do not run git reset --hard that will delete all the files. Delete the hidden .git folder.

Press Win + R type in cmd and press enter.

cd Desktop
rmdir /S .git

Answer 4

With TortoiseGit 1.8.7.1, a warning message will be added when creating repository on special folders, such as Desktop, drive root, UNC root, User Profile, Windows Directory, system32, Program Files

The Create Repository menu item may be clicked by mistake.