6 git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
10 'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
14 Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The
15 files have to be identical to the tip of the branch, and no
16 updates to its contents must have been placed in the staging
17 area (aka index). When --cached is given, the staged content has to
18 match either the tip of the branch *or* the file on disk.
24 Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
25 remove all matching files. Also a leading directory name
26 (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
27 given to remove all files in the directory, recursively,
28 but this requires `-r` option to be given for safety.
31 Override the up-to-date check.
34 Don't actually remove the file(s), just show if they exist in
38 Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is
42 This option can be used to separate command-line options from
43 the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
44 for command-line options).
47 This option can be used to tell the command to remove
48 the paths only from the index, leaving working tree
52 Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
55 git-rm normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command)
56 for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
62 The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames,
63 file glob patterns, or leading directory name. The command
64 removes only the paths that is known to git. Giving the name of
65 a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file.
70 git-rm Documentation/\\*.txt::
71 Removes all `\*.txt` files from the index that are under the
72 `Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories.
74 Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
75 example; this lets the command include the files from
76 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
79 Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index.
80 Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk
81 (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
82 does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
90 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
94 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
98 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite