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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rm.txt | 52 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-am.sh | 3 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index dc36c662ae..9c81b72dbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -11,28 +11,37 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The -files have to be identical to the tip of the branch, and no -updates to its contents must have been placed in the staging -area (aka index). When --cached is given, the staged content has to -match either the tip of the branch *or* the file on disk. +Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index. +`git rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory. +(There is no option to remove a file only from the work tree +and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.) +The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch, +and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index, +though that default behavior can be overridden with the `-f` option. +When '--cached' is given, the staged content has to +match either the tip of the branch or the file on disk, +allowing the file to be removed from just the index. OPTIONS ------- <file>...:: Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to - remove all matching files. Also a leading directory name - (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be - given to remove all files in the directory, recursively, - but this requires `-r` option to be given for safety. + remove all matching files. If you want git to expand + file glob characters, you may need to shell-escape them. + A leading directory name + (e.g. `dir` to remove `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be + given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively + all sub-directories, + but this requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given. -f:: Override the up-to-date check. -n, \--dry-run:: - Don't actually remove the file(s), just show if they exist in - the index. + Don't actually remove any file(s). Instead, just show + if they exist in the index and would otherwise be removed + by the command. -r:: Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is @@ -44,9 +53,9 @@ OPTIONS for command-line options). \--cached:: - This option can be used to tell the command to remove - the paths only from the index, leaving working tree - files. + Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index. + Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be + left alone. \--ignore-unmatch:: Exit with a zero status even if no files matched. @@ -59,11 +68,15 @@ OPTIONS DISCUSSION ---------- -The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames, -file glob patterns, or leading directory name. The command -removes only the paths that is known to git. Giving the name of +The <file> list given to the command can be exact pathnames, +file glob patterns, or leading directory names. The command +removes only the paths that are known to git. Giving the name of a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file. +File globbing matches across directory boundaries. Thus, given +two directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between +using `git rm \'d\*\'` and `git rm \'d/\*\'`, as the former will +also remove all of directory `d2`. EXAMPLES -------- @@ -72,11 +85,10 @@ git-rm Documentation/\\*.txt:: `Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories. + Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this -example; this lets the command include the files from -subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory. +example; this lets git, and not the shell, expand the pathnames +of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory. git-rm -f git-*.sh:: - Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index. Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`. @@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ do ;; esac esac - FIRSTLINE=$(head -1 "$dotest/final-commit") resume= if test "$interactive" = t @@ -404,7 +403,6 @@ do [aA]*) action=yes interactive= ;; [nN]*) action=skip ;; [eE]*) git_editor "$dotest/final-commit" - FIRSTLINE=$(head -1 "$dotest/final-commit") action=again ;; [vV]*) action=again LESS=-S ${PAGER:-less} "$dotest/patch" ;; @@ -414,6 +412,7 @@ do else action=yes fi + FIRSTLINE=$(head -1 "$dotest/final-commit") if test $action = skip then |