From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Peter <peter.mx@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: git rm
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:35:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160707033538.GA7595@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8hubtw4.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 06:42:19PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Peter <peter.mx@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am a lightweigt git user so by all means not a reference, but I was
> > wondering why exactly does "git rm" also delete the file (remove it
> > from the working tree). I see it as an unintended behaviour as git is
> > written in a way that it preserves the most data.
>
> The data is still preserved. You can restore it with "git checkout HEAD
> <file>".
Assuming the file is present in HEAD, of course. But if it is not, then
git should (and does) complain and ask for "-f".
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-07 3:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2016-07-05 21:55 ` Fwd: git rm Peter
2016-07-06 16:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-07-07 3:35 ` Jeff King [this message]
2016-07-10 8:38 ` Peter
2016-07-10 10:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-07-10 12:23 ` Peter
2016-07-10 12:45 ` Andreas Schwab
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