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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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  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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