Documentation/git-rm.txt

   1 git-rm(1)
   2 =========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  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).
  18
  19
  20 OPTIONS
  21 -------
  22 <file>...::
  23         Files to remove.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
  24         remove all matching files.  Also a leading directory name
  25         (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
  26         given to remove all files in the directory, recursively,
  27         but this requires `-r` option to be given for safety.
  28
  29 -f::
  30         Override the up-to-date check.
  31
  32 -n::
  33         Don't actually remove the file(s), just show if they exist in
  34         the index.
  35
  36 -r::
  37         Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is
  38         given.
  39
  40 \--::
  41         This option can be used to separate command-line options from
  42         the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
  43         for command-line options).
  44
  45 \--cached::
  46         This option can be used to tell the command to remove
  47         the paths only from the index, leaving working tree
  48         files.
  49
  50 \--ignore-unmatch::
  51         Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
  52
  53 \--quiet::
  54         git-rm normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command)
  55         for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
  56
  57
  58 DISCUSSION
  59 ----------
  60
  61 The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames,
  62 file glob patterns, or leading directory name.  The command
  63 removes only the paths that is known to git.  Giving the name of
  64 a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file.
  65
  66
  67 EXAMPLES
  68 --------
  69 git-rm Documentation/\\*.txt::
  70         Removes all `\*.txt` files from the index that are under the
  71         `Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories.
  72 +
  73 Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
  74 example; this lets the command include the files from
  75 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
  76
  77 git-rm -f git-*.sh::
  78         Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index.
  79         Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk
  80         (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
  81         does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
  82
  83 See Also
  84 --------
  85 gitlink:git-add[1]
  86
  87 Author
  88 ------
  89 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  90
  91 Documentation
  92 --------------
  93 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  94
  95 GIT
  96 ---
  97 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite