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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-rm(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.
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`git-rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory.
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(There is no option to remove a file only from the work tree
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and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.)
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The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch,
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and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
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though that default behavior can be overridden with the `-f` option.
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When '--cached' is given, the staged content has to
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match either the tip of the branch or the file on disk,
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allowing the file to be removed from just the index.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<file>...::
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Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
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remove all matching files. If you want git to expand
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file glob characters, you may need to shell-escape them.
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A leading directory name
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(e.g. `dir` to remove `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
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given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively
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all sub-directories,
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but this requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
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-f::
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Override the up-to-date check.
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-n::
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--dry-run::
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Don't actually remove any file(s). Instead, just show
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if they exist in the index and would otherwise be removed
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by the command.
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-r::
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Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is
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given.
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\--::
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This option can be used to separate command-line options from
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the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
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for command-line options).
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--cached::
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Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index.
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Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be
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left alone.
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--ignore-unmatch::
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Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
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-q::
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--quiet::
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`git-rm` normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command)
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for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
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DISCUSSION
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----------
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The <file> list given to the command can be exact pathnames,
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file glob patterns, or leading directory names. The command
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removes only the paths that are known to git. Giving the name of
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a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file.
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File globbing matches across directory boundaries. Thus, given
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two directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between
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using `git rm \'d\*\'` and `git rm \'d/\*\'`, as the former will
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also remove all of directory `d2`.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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git rm Documentation/\\*.txt::
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Removes all `\*.txt` files from the index that are under the
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`Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories.
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+
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Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
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example; this lets git, and not the shell, expand the pathnames
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of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory.
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git rm -f git-*.sh::
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Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk
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(i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
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does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-add[1]
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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