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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@ -7,51 +7,54 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-v] [--] <file>...
'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--] <file>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
A convenience wrapper for git-update-index --remove. For those coming
from cvs, git-rm provides an operation similar to "cvs rm" or "cvs
remove".
Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The
files have to be identical to the tip of the branch, and no
updates to its contents must have been placed in the staging
area (aka index).
OPTIONS
-------
<file>...::
Files to remove from the index and optionally, from the
working tree as well.
Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
remove all matching files. Also a leading directory name
(e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
given to remove all files in the directory, recursively,
but this requires `-r` option to be given for safety.
-f::
Remove files from the working tree as well as from the index.
Override the up-to-date check.
-n::
Don't actually remove the file(s), just show if they exist in
the index.
-v::
Be verbose.
-r::
Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is
given.
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
for command-line options).
\--cached::
This option can be used to tell the command to remove
the paths only from the index, leaving working tree
files.
DISCUSSION
----------
The list of <file> given to the command is fed to `git-ls-files`
command to list files that are registered in the index and
are not ignored/excluded by `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file or
`.gitignore` file in each directory. This means two things:
. You can put the name of a directory on the command line, and the
command will remove all files in it and its subdirectories (the
directories themselves are never removed from the working tree);
. Giving the name of a file that is not in the index does not
remove that file.
The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames,
file glob patterns, or leading directory name. The command
removes only the paths that is known to git. Giving the name of
a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file.
EXAMPLES
@ -69,10 +72,10 @@ subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
git-rm -f git-*.sh::
Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index. The files
are removed from the index, and (because of the -f option),
from the working tree as well. Because this example lets the
shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files
explicitly), it does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
are removed from the index, and from the working
tree. Because this example lets the shell expand the
asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
See Also
--------