Gitup: Get 'Working directory contains modified files' message when it's not true
I tried to do 'Split' a commit and got the error message 'Working directory contains modified files'.
But I had just done a 'git stash' and 'git diff' shows nothing.
joachim-n
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What if you relaunch GitUp?
swisspol
on 9 Mar 2018
No change.
Getting this again with the 'Swap with parent' command.
joachim-n
on 19 Mar 2018
What if you git status?
What does the commit window show in GitUp? It would tell you what has changed.
swisspol
on 20 Mar 2018
Git status said there are no modified files (but lots of untracked ones).
I'll check the commit window next time this happens.
joachim-n
on 20 Mar 2018
There you have it: untracked files count as modified files for GitUp. Bottom line your repo is not clean.
swisspol
on 20 Mar 2018
untracked files count as modified files for GitUp
Why? They don't count for git -- I can rebase with untracked files present.
At the very least, you need to change the 'Working directory contains modified files', as it's incorrect. You're trying to say that the working directory contains modified or untracked files.
joachim-n
on 21 Mar 2018
I am also still seeing this even without any untracked files, but with submodules in the git repo that may be out-of-date.
EDIT: I was able to force 'Swap with parent's by doing consecutive rm -rf <submodule_dir> and git reset --hard HEAD commands before quickly switching to the Gitup window and doing that swap. After 2 seconds or so, it would then again block with the warning 'Working directory contains modified files'.
AlejandorLazaro
on 30 Apr 2021
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Why? They don't count for git -- I can rebase with untracked files present.
At the very least, you need to change the 'Working directory contains modified files', as it's incorrect. You're trying to say that the working directory contains modified or untracked files.