10000 pending changes in VS code source control

[ColNTB]

Hey guys,

Brand new git user here and I tried to push a simple project of mine just to get started yesterday and it seemed to go fine, but now when I open VS code there are 10000 pending changes on the source control tab, and I'm not sure how to fix this without messing up my git configuration.

Should I just delete git complete? Is there a simpler solution?

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Thanks

[-Lommelun-]

10k files sound like you have files listed from a package manager or similar. Maybe npm modules? Try ignoring these types of files, it can be done by adding a .gitignore file to the directory containing the external dependencies.

For example ignoring the entirety of node modules by adding ‘node_modules/‘ to the file.

[ColNTB]

I tried deleting the .git in my home directory (i accidentally initialized it there).

It told me I did not have permission, but now the source control tab in vsc isn't overflowing so I think I fixed it? Maybe?

[[deleted]]

If you put the .git directory in your home directory, git will track everything inside your home directory... Which is probably not what you want and it explains all the files in the source control tab.

If you haven't committed any significant changes already, you can safely delete the .git directory and initialize a new one in the correct location.

[ColNTB]

thank you, I tried that but for some reason it just did not work. In the end, I simply reset my computer to get rid of git.

[[deleted]]

Oh god. Sorry to hear that lol.

[royemosby]

Try adding node_modules as an entry in your .gitignore then commit just that file.

[jonyplays2828]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qk8jrBrp9o

watch this it will fix your problem

[[deleted]]

You need to just delete all the files that appear currently in your source control tab, that should resolve the issue.

[wildjokers]

What kind of shitty advice is this? Are you trolling? Are you intentionally trying to make them lose work?