xvc file untrack

Synopsis

$ xvc file untrack --help
Untrack (delete) files from Xvc and possibly storages

Usage: xvc file untrack [OPTIONS] [TARGETS]...

Arguments:
  [TARGETS]...  Files/directories to untrack

Options:
      --restore-versions <RESTORE_VERSIONS>
          Restore all versions to a directory before deleting the cache files
  -h, --help
          Print help

Examples

This command removes a file from Xvc tracking and optionally deletes it from the local filesystem, cache, and the storages.

It only works if the file is tracked by Xvc.

$ git init
...

$ xvc init

$ xvc file track 'd*.txt'

$ xvc file list
FC          19 [..] c85f3e81 c85f3e81 data.txt
FX         130 [..]          [..] .xvcignore
FX         [..] .gitignore
Total #: 3 Workspace Size:         [..] Cached Size:          19

Without any options, it removes the file from Xvc tracking and the cache.


`xvc file untrack` doesn't modify the `.gitignore` files to remove the previously tracked files. You must do it manually if you want to track the file with Git.


$ xvc file untrack data.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496/0.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3

$ git status
On branch [..]
nothing to commit, working tree clean

If you have rechecked the file as symlink or reflink, it will be copied to the workspace.

$ xvc file track data.txt --as symlink

$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x  [..] data.txt -> [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496/0.txt

$ xvc file untrack data.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496/0.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3

$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-rw-  [..] data.txt

If there are multiple versions of the file, it removes them all and restores the latest version.

If you want to restore all versions of the file, you can specify a directory to restore them.

$ xvc file track data.txt

$ perl -pi -e 's/a/e/g' data.txt

$ xvc file carry-in data.txt

$ xvc file untrack data.txt --restore-versions data-versions/
[COPY] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367/0.txt -> [CWD]/data-versions/data-b3-660-2cf-f6a4.txt
[COPY] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496/0.txt -> [CWD]/data-versions/data-b3-c85-f3e-8108.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496/0.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e/8108a0d53da6b4869e5532a3b72301ed58d5824ed1394d52dbcabe9496
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85/f3e
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/c85
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367/0.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3

$ ls -l data-versions/
total 16
-r--r--r--  [..] data-b3-660-2cf-f6a4.txt
-r--r--r--  [..] data-b3-c85-f3e-8108.txt

If multiple paths are pointing to the same cache file (with deduplication), the cache file will not be deleted. In this case, untrack reports other paths pointing to the same cache file. You must untrack all of them to delete the cache file.

$ xvc file track data.txt

$ xvc file copy data.txt data2.txt --as symlink

$ xvc file untrack data.txt
Not deleting b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367/0.txt (for data.txt) because it's also used by data2.txt

$ tree .xvc/b3/
.xvc/b3/
└── 660
    └── 2cf
        └── f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367
            └── 0.txt

4 directories, 1 file

$ xvc file untrack data2.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367/0.txt
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf/f6a4cbc23a78205463b7086d1b0831d3d74c063122f20c1c2ea0c2d367
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660/2cf
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3/660
[DELETE] [CWD]/.xvc/b3