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From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:25:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFMGiz97fcw_nvaa=Xo-roTtB1o25qO06=PHGSrBzv4k_zGqaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I often need to remove a file from Git but leave it as is, changed or not.
The only safe way to do that as far as I know is:

    $ git rm -f --cached myfile   # many thanks to @jast on IRC #git

The "git help rm" command yields copious information but nowhere can I find
a clear statement about safely removing a modified file from Git without
removing it from the file system.

I am going to create an alias to help me, but I believe the brute force
removal should be a different option, say, '-F' ('--Force'), and the
existing '-f' ('--force') ought to be safe operations as far as the file
system is concerned.

Best regards,

-Tom

             reply	other threads:[~2020-07-10 12:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-10 12:25 Tom Browder [this message]
2020-07-10 12:33 ` "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg Andreas Schwab
2020-07-10 13:14   ` Tom Browder
2020-07-10 14:04     ` Andreas Schwab
2020-07-10 16:31       ` Tom Browder
2020-07-10 22:43       ` Aaron Schrab

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