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Subject: Re: git-rm isn't the inverse action of git-add
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:05:35 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Defaulting to --cached would be an obvious way to avoid data-loss. _At 
> least_, mentionning --cached in the error message in case of staged 
> changes would be a considerable step forward.
> 
> At the moment, the non-expert user will have difficulties to unversion 
> the file without deleting it. I just see it as
> 
> $ git rm foo
> error: 'foo' has changes staged in the index
> (hint: to hang yourself, try -f)
> $ _

What's so wrong with our man pages? You know, there have been man hours 
invested in them, and they are exclusively meant for consumption by people 
who do not know about the usage of the commands...

Hth,
Dscho