From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878sfr1rdm.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFMGiz97fcw_nvaa=Xo-roTtB1o25qO06=PHGSrBzv4k_zGqaw@mail.gmail.com> (Tom Browder's message of "Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:25:29 -0500")
On Jul 10 2020, Tom Browder wrote:
> 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
Why do you need -f?
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-10 12:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-10 12:25 "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg Tom Browder
2020-07-10 12:33 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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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