Re: Git balks at untracked files in zfs

So first off, do you have files you want to keep? If not, then read on.

On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 11:58 AM bob prohaska <[email protected]> wrote:

> For the last few git pull sessions git has been reporting
> error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by
> merge:
>         share/man/man4/appleir.4
>         sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/hex.h
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/.github/workflows/zfs-arm.yml
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man1/dbufstat.1
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/clone_after_trunc.c
>
> sys/contrib/openzfs/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_change-key/zfs_change-key_userprop.ksh
> .... and so forth. It looks like all the complaints are about openzfs
>
> Runnig git reset --hard appears to clear the error:
> root@www:/usr/src # git reset --hard
> HEAD is now at 2b954770ddd nvme: Use passed in max_pages.
>
> If I re-run git pull the system reports an update available and fails
> again:
> root@www:/usr/src # git pull
> Updating 2b954770ddd..7f207b6443f
> error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by
> merge:
>         share/man/man4/appleir.4
>         sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/hex.h
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/.github/workflows/zfs-arm.yml
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man1/dbufstat.1
>         sys/contrib/openzfs/tests/zfs-tests/cmd/clone_after_trunc.c
>
> sys/contrib/openzfs/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_change-key/zfs_change-key_userprop.ksh
> and so forth.
>
> It looks like I'm stuck, is there a way to get unstuck?
>

git clean -dn

this will give you a list of files that will be deleted, updated, etc. If
the list looks good then

git clean -f
or
git clean -i

The former blows everything from the prior step away. The latter asks one
by one. If this is supposed to
be a completely clean tree, you can start here. If you have like a kernel
config or something, then you'll
want to proceed with caution.

Warner


> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska
>
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