More info: $ mkdir foo $ mkdir foo/bar $ echo "test" > foo/bar/baz.txt $ echo "somestuff" > foo/bar/somefile.txt $ git add foo/bar/* $ ls -dl foo drwxr-x--x 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Mar 1 10:46 foo $ ls -dl foo/bar drwxr-x--x 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Mar 1 10:46 foo/bar $ git rm -f foo/bar/somefile.txt rm 'foo/bar/somefile.txt' $ ls -dl foo drwxr-x--x 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Mar 1 10:46 foo $ ls -dl foo/bar drw------- 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Mar 1 10:47 foo/bar $ git rm -f foo/bar/baz.txt rm 'foo/bar/baz.txt' fatal: git rm: 'foo/bar/baz.txt': Permission denied This time I tried it with git 1.7.4. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html