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Discard changes in Git repository

Since R2024a

Syntax

Description

discardChanges([repo](#mw%5F21dda8dfd0e-6e31-4fbb-95f6-4da470a4905b%5Fsep%5Fmw%5F51431669-da82-405d-b33d-f5d5d0c7e853),[files](#mw%5Fd0ffd5ae-4642-4ff0-942d-a4af3377fb2c)) discards changes in the specified files or folders files in the Git™ repository repo.

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Examples

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Navigate to your repository folder and create a repository object.

Discard all changes in the repository.

discardChanges(repo,repo.ModifiedFiles);

Open the Times Table App project repository and create a repository object.

openExample("matlab/TimesTableProjectExample") repo = gitrepo;

Delete a file from disk.

file = fullfile(pwd,"requirements","TimesTableRequirements.mlx"); delete(file);

Deleting a file from disk does not remove it from source control. Display the status of the repository using the status function. The file status is Missing.

repoStatus = status(repo)

repoStatus =

2×1 table

                                                                                                    Status        
                                                                                                   _____________________
  
C:\Workspace\TimesTableProjectExample\TimesTableApp\requirements\TimesTableRequirements.mlx         Missing              
C:\Workspace\TimesTableProjectExample\TimesTableProjectExample.m                                    NotUnderSourceControl              

Restore the missing file by reverting the local deletion.

discardChanges(repo,file);

Input Arguments

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Files or folders to restore, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. If you specify a folder, the function recursively discards changes to all modified files.

Example: "modifiedFile.m","my_folder_hierarchy"

Data Types: char | string | cell

Version History

Introduced in R2024a