How to revert uncommitted changes including files and folders?

Question

Is there a git command to revert all uncommitted changes in a working tree and index and to also remove newly created files and folders?

Answer 1

You can just use following git command which can revert back all the uncommitted changes made in your repository:

git checkout .

Example:

ABC@ABC-PC MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/pod_admin (master)
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add ..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- ..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   application/controllers/Drivers.php
        modified:   application/views/drivers/add.php
        modified:   application/views/drivers/load_driver_info.php
        modified:   uploads/drivers/drivers.xlsx

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

ABC@ABC-PC MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/pod_admin (master)
$ git checkout .

ABC@ABC-PC MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/pod_admin (master)
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean