From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6E7C433E2 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:33:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C0120748 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:33:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727092AbgGJMdp (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:33:45 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:43837 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726664AbgGJMdo (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:33:44 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3CBt5VTsz1s8dl; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3CBt58qbz1r57M; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hM7SO7nUYSrz; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: 5ax9MwG/OS00OMtMVeHn2mbkzwqQlmYr/X1pvXrLmnRChTxW8yidUzqaR1Q9snho Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-174-178.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.174.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6DF542C0B4A; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Tom Browder Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg References: X-Yow: I will invent "TIDY BOWL"... Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:33:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Tom Browder's message of "Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:25:29 -0500") Message-ID: <878sfr1rdm.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."