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=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,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 0E4EB20373 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2017 09:07:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751483AbdJHJHQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Oct 2017 05:07:16 -0400 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:41997 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751009AbdJHJHP (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Oct 2017 05:07:15 -0400 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:36696 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1e17YI-0007wP-Fy; Sun, 08 Oct 2017 05:07:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 05:07:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: Paul Smith , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: "git rm" seems to do recursive removal even without "-r" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20171007190402.GH3382@zaya.teonanacatl.net> <20171007192902.ma4s47hn6edwldx5@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20171007193805.a2mwzkweonb6ymdk@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1507412674.8322.4.camel@mad-scientist.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > ... so if, in the kernel source > > tree, i ran: > > > > $ git rm \*.c > > > > i would end up removing *all* 25,569 "*.c" files in the kernel source > > repository. > > Yes, as that is exactly what the command line asks Git to do. so if i wanted git to remove, say, all files named "Makefile*" from everywhere in the linux kernel source tree, the (dry run) command would be: $ git rm -n Makefile\* is that it? let's try that: $ git rm -n Makefile\* rm 'Makefile' $ oops. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================