Deleting untracked files does not work

[joelekstrom]

Version info

• OS: macOS 12.4
• Build: Dev Channel, 2073 (but it has never worked for me)

Description

When my repos have untracked files, neither the Delete All button or Delete button per file work. They simply do nothing (delete all does present the confirmation, but then proceeds to do nothing). Delete all untracked files in command palette also fails.

I think I've had this issue for a year or more, but just learned to use command line for it so didn't bother to report it until now.

Steps to reproduce

1. Try to delete any untracked file

Expected behavior

Untracked files are deleted

[dpjohnst]

Hi @joelekstrom,

Thanks for reaching out!

After clicking the delete button, does anything appear in the Git output container? This can be accessed by clicking the output icon to the left of the branch name in the top toolbar:

It will typically contain the result of the command run, along with any output (as shown below):

Thanks, - Dylan

[srbs]

possibly related: #1371

[joelekstrom]

@srbs When I click Delete All, it runs git clean -fd and prints Removing File for all files in question.

Here's the interesting part - I added a bogus file manually, as addition to a bunch of files deleted remotely (their folder was deleted, all files that were in that folder now show up as untracked). It successfully deletes the untracked file I added locally. The problem is all the files that were deleted by someone else remotely fail to be deleted. This is quite common for us - some folder being deleted by someone else, then I fetch, some hundred files show up as untracked and can't be deleted.

Simplified reproduction steps:

• Delete folder containing many files on another computer/clone, commit and push
• Pull changes locally, deleted files show as untracked
• Try delete button, it does not work for files deleted remotely

[dpjohnst]

Hi @joelekstrom,

This sounds like an issue with Git or permissions, as the command is being run as expected.

Could you try running git clean -fdi from the command line when you have these untracked files and confirm if the expected files appear. Additionally, could you check the permissions of these untracked files and report if you have full permissions.

Thanks, - Dylan

[joelekstrom]

From my terminal, I have -rw-r--r-- permissions for the files. git clean -fdi does nothing (exits immediately). Adding x does list them, so I imagine it has something to do with ignore rules. But why would ignored files be listed as untracked by git status?

[dpjohnst]

Hi @joelekstrom,

Thanks for confirming this - when you have a spare moment, could you share your Sublime Merge debug information?

This is accessible via the Sublime Merge application menu under Help > Debug Information. Before sharing this, take a moment to redact anything that's sensitive such as paths, git user information, remotes etc.

Additionally could you pick one of the files you're unable to delete, and run the following command and report its output: git check-ignore -v PATH_TO_FILE

Thanks for your patience while this is investigated!

Kind regards, - Dylan

[joelekstrom]

• git check-ignore -v file exits with code 1 and no output.
• As a sidenote, deleting an individual file runs git clean -qf -- PATH_TO_FILE, which also does not do anything

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[dpjohnst]

Hi @joelekstrom,

Thanks for the additional information.

This is quite strange: Git is indicating that they aren't ignored files (no output from check-ignore), but is also ignoring them with git clean.

Could you run git status -u and confirm it matches the untracked files listed in Sublime Merge.

Kind regards, - Dylan

[joelekstrom]

Hi, I've since cleaned the repo manually. I'll get back to you once it happens again (it's quite often in this repo so should be soon)

[joelekstrom]

Hi again @dpjohnst! The issue is back, and I've tried git status -u. It lists a single item, the top folder of all the hundreds of untracked files: libraries/DeletedFolder/