Documentation/git-mv.txt

   1 git-mv(1)
   2 =========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-mv' <options>... <args>...
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink.
  16
  17  git-mv [-f] [-n] <source> <destination>
  18  git-mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory>
  19
  20 In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either
  21 a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>.
  22 In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing
  23 directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory.
  24
  25 The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be
  26 committed.
  27
  28 OPTIONS
  29 -------
  30 -f::
  31         Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists
  32 -k::
  33         Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error
  34         condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor
  35         controlled by GIT, or when it would overwrite an existing
  36         file unless '-f' is given.
  37 -n::
  38 --dry-run::
  39         Do nothing; only show what would happen
  40
  41
  42 Author
  43 ------
  44 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  45 Rewritten by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
  46 Move functionality added by Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
  47
  48 Documentation
  49 --------------
  50 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  51
  52 GIT
  53 ---
  54 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite