From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 399992070C for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:42:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754145AbcGFQm3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 12:42:29 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:42615 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753917AbcGFQm2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 12:42:28 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rl63w4vW9z3hn31; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:42:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rl63w4gKTzvPt9; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:42:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZuWYjl4ylt9m; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:42:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: ZurjgO6227wLDFMvsk9TwScQn48BR6sFNP6rg16sHlPKPit4jHCcnm61N2zo/+0M Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-15-34.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.15.34]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:42:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E5752C3DDA; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:42:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Peter Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: git rm References: X-Yow: TATTOOED MIDGETS are using ALFREDO in their SALAMI FACTORY! Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:42:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Peter's message of "Tue, 5 Jul 2016 23:55:24 +0200") Message-ID: <87a8hubtw4.fsf@linux-m68k.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.95 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Peter 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 ". Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."