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From:   Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:14:08 -0500
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Subject: Re: "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg
To:     Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 7:33 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >     $ git rm -f --cached myfile   # many thanks to @jast on IRC #git
> Why do you need -f?

If the existing file has been modified, with 'rm'  the '--cached'
option doesn't remove it from Git
unless one uses the '-f' option with it.


-Tom